Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Gorzelany is a veteran automotive journalist. British automakers like Lotus are known for engineering sleek sportscars with ...

Longbow is a new EV startup company that aims to build lightweight electric sports cars in the U.K. as early as 2026. The open-top Speedster comes first, and it's claimed to weigh just 1973 pounds and ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

The medieval longbow was more than just a weapon — it was a strategic advantage. In battles like Agincourt, disciplined ...

A new startup has emerged to take on the challenge of developing a lightweight electric sports car. U.K.-based Longbow on Wednesday provided the first details on its open-top Speedster and Roadster ...

British startup Longbow Motors has unveiled a new electric sports car in two formats. The open top Speedster version will be limited to 150 units and a coupe-style Roadster will follow. The people ...

Forget tech pods and hype – Longbow’s lightweight electric Speedster proves EVs can still be wild, loud-in-spirit, and way more fun than Tesla’s vaporware. A featherweight 895kg British EV that puts ...

At CES 2026, Longbow introduced a bold statement on where electric sports cars could be heading next. The company revealed an extreme Speedster prototype built on its Featherweight Electric Vehicle, ...

Back in March, a new EV company called Longbow announced a plan to build a lightweight electric sports car that would be ready for the road as early as next year. Six months later, that project has ...

For many modern electric vehicles, progress has come to mean more. More batteries, more screens, more driver aids, and more weight. Longbow doesn’t see that as a requirement, or even desirable, for ...

A new niche EV brand, Longbow, has emerged into the public eye, hailing itself as ” the first-ever British electric sports car manufacturer. ” It has unveiled its first two featherweight models, ...