DeLorean is back to the EV future

The iconic car brand, perhaps best known its 1985 appearance in “Back to the Future,” is being brought back to the 21stcentury by a Texas-based company in the form of an all-new four-seat coupe called the Alpha5 which still features the DeLorean DMC-12's iconic gullwing doors.

The new model is being marketed as a luxury electric vehicle which is roughly the same size as the Tesla Model S and the Porsche Taycan. The company will also introduce an electric sedan, a hydrogen SUV and a V8 coupe, Inside EVs reported.

This is so beautiful! DeLorean #Alpha5

0-60: 2.99s
Top Speed: 155 mph
Range: 300+ mi
Battery: 100+ kWh
Drag Coeff.: 0.23 Cd pic.twitter.com/WSU5tQvQqf

— Faruk 🚀 ᴵᴾᴴᴼᴺᴱᴰᴼ (@iPhonedo) May 30, 2022

According to a report from Tech Crunch, the new coupe will hit 0 to 60 mph in just under three seconds and can reach a top speed of 155 mph. In terms of charge, the company has estimated that the car’s 100kWh battery will be able to travel for more than 300 miles without stopping for a charge.

Yet aside from the legendary gullwing doors, little more is recognizable in the new car designed by Italdesign, the same firm that created the original car.

DeLorean CEO Joost De Vries, however, believes that the car is essentially a modernized version of a four-seat model which was planned to roll out in the 1980s, but was shuttered after DeLorean went out of business.

"In Italy, they never really stopped designing DeLoreans, which was awesome," de Vries said.

Although the Alpha5 will make its public debut in August, it won’t be available to consumers until 2024.

Presently, the company is setting up an HQ and engineering center in San Antonio, Tex., but insiders have posited that the Alpha5 will likely be built by a contract manufacturer in Italy. It is expected to sell for upwards of $175,000, Engadget reported.