I highly doubt this car will be made out of stainless steel. The article mentions SS models but it doesn't explicitly say this one will be. It will therefore be a cheap knock-off that nobody will want.
the DMCEV will be stainless steel. jumping to any other conclusion is highly illogical. *(go to end of my post for update with proof.) for starters, no-one has ever made a non-stainless steel delorean, and the reincorporated delorean motor company has never entertained the idea, nor has any other entity. it would cost them more to implement a new manufacturing process using conventional steel or aluminium. but let's say they weren't purists about the stainless steel concept and figured that would have saved them money in the long run, they would have done it by now on the re-manufactured DMC-12 models they sell today.
they acquired stockpiles of the remaining parts from the old DMC-12 factory in ireland AND already implemented new manufacturing processes (using stainless steel) for the parts they still need and for when they run out of new-old-stock parts.
the author of this brief article didn't mention these electric models using stainless steel because he/she assumes the reader knows any delorean is and will be stainless steel. all they are doing is replacing the engine and the dashboard in a DMC-12, because that's the easiest and most economical way to accomplish what they want to do here. to boot, delorean motor company is passionate about the original delorean vision and design theory, and they're certainly not going to cut corners on a $90-100k sticker price vehicle. they're going to make something THEY want to drive. this isn't some low end design division of GM that's trying to churn out sub $20k hatchbacks with plastic wheel covers.
*update* just before i post this. i just found the jalopnik review here: http://jalopnik.com/5850448/electric-delorean-first-drive
the DMCEV is definitely stainless steel, as the reviewer says "I'm still buzzing from the sensation of closing the stainless steel gullwing door just moments earlier." and the up close picture of the hood also shows the brushed grain of the stainless steel: http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/images/12/2011/10/xlarge_delorean_night_02.jpg
