A completely electric 1981 Chevrolet Camaro has just ripped down a quarter mile in just 10.08 seconds at 127mph (204.5km/h). Team Haiyin EV Racing and the electric Camaro just missed out on the electric car drag world record which is currently held by a Volkswagen Beetle named Black Current. The […]
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Rimac One Concept to be unveiled at Frankfurt show with 800kW
Croatian company, Rimac Automobile, will be unveiling an all-new 800kW electric supercar concept called the Rimac One Concept at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show next month. Rimac has released an early teaser image to build anticipation. Although the body and design of the Rimac One Concept is concealed under a […]
B7 Electric Super Race design concept sees 500km/h
If you think hybrid and electric vehicles will only ever be slow and purely designed to save the Earth, you’d be wrong. This B7 Electric Super Race design concept dreamt up by Filip Tejszerski takes those stereotypical fundamentals and throws them into the creek. Although the electric B7 Le Mans […]
Fisker Karma could get “Veyron levels of performance”
Makers of the upcoming Fisker Karma extended-range plug-in hybrid are developing a new multi-speed gearbox which could help electric vehicles achieve performance similar to a Bugatti Veyron. Yes, the first thing you may think of when someone mentions an electric vehicle is usually something slow and quite boring, but according […]
Bluebird Electric to break 500mph electric car land speed record
Bluebird Team, using a custom-made ‘Bluebird Electric’, have announced they are aiming to break the world land speed record for an electric car and hope to go past the 500mph-barrior (805km/h) in the next few years. Who said electric cars were boring? Now normally, electric vehicles are slow, pretty boring […]
EV Connect supplies Fisker with recharging stations
Fisker Automotive Inc., a car brand that specialises in performance electric vehicles (EVs), has announced a new deal with EV Connect which will see all 47 of Fisker’s showrooms fitted with charging systems. An agreement announced on Wednesday has sealed the deal for EV Connect, which will now be the […]