Here are more details about the upcoming Shelby Ultimate Aero EV, an electric version of the world’s fastest production car. Shelby is targeting prototype testing sometime during February of this year, and time trials later in 2009.

The Ultimate Aero EV features Shelby’s pride: the Nanotechnology Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Pack. Shelby claims it takes only 10 minutes on a 110-volt outlet to get a full charge good for 200 miles. That’s just staggering, especially since the Tesla Roadster takes 3-4 hours to get a full charge.

At the heart of the Ultimate Aero EV is the AESP, or All-Electric Scalable Powertrain. It is a versatile powertrain that can be suited to meet the power requirements of different platforms. It can go from 200 horsepower for smaller cars to up to 1200 horsepower for heavy trucks and buses.

The figures are simply astounding. We’re talking about a possible 1,000-horsepower machine with an all-electric power source. If Shelby can get this baby in production, then everyone can just forget the Tesla Roadster or the Fisker Karma. Simply put, the Ultimate Aero EV will redefine electric supercars.

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As if the title of “World’s Fastest Production Car” isn’t enough, Shelby SuperCars is giving the 2009 edition of the Ultimate Aero an even more powerful stat line. I wonder what’s with this sudden Clarkson-esque obsession on powarrr.

The 2009 Ultimate Aero’s redesigned engine will be a single billet-aluminum block, which provides added structural integrity, improved durability, and accessible oiling. The horsepower is increased by 15 percent and several aerodynamic changes have been made on the body, allowing the Aero to reach 1287 horsepower and a top speed of 270 mph.

There’s also this new thing called the AeroBrakeTM, which is basically a spoiler that is deployed when braking and when needing downforce assistance. For total cooling, the air intakes also have carbon fiber louvers to allow around 20 percent more air into the radiators.

The interior features include a redesigned dashboard with carbon fiber halves and inset air vents. The doors, gauges, and steering column have carbon fiber accents. The steering column has also been redesigned and features an analog speedometer, tachometer, and sequential shift light. There’s a digital temperature control, tire pressure monitor, and infotainment unit on the central console as well.

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Shelby Supercars is showing no signs of shaming other automakers by taking other’s ideas and making them better. Remember how they somehow shamed Bugatti engineers by creating the 1,183 hp Ultimate Aero? Now they put their sights on the Tesla Roadster and some bitchslapping is about to come.

Supposedly the fastest production electric vehicle, the Tesla Roadster was sure to draw some competition either from those racing to develop decent electric vehicles or tuning houses greedy to take the title of speediest electric car. And SSC is now developing an Ultimate Aero EV.

Under development is at least one 500 hp electric motor but a possiblity of exploring a twin-motor configuration that would bring twice the power exists. Massive horses from an electric motor with zero-emissions? They’re also exploring either a rear-wheel drive or an all-wheel drive configuration. Now that’s supposedly Jetsons-grade motoring.

I’d have to say that this project is absolutely bonkers. With the Tesla Roadster still struggling to create a solid market-base, this Aero EV will surely just be for showboating purposes only.