Category Archives: Electric Cars
Mitsubishi show electrified concept car, while Lexus, Nissan shows electric
Electric GT simplifying EV conversions with electric crate motor
2020 Kia Soul EV delayed in USA, on sale in Europe and elsewhere
The over-amped response to a Tesla-based Police car running out of power
Renovo Motors unveils Shelby CSX9000 based electric supercar

Taking the shape of a muscle car from an earlier era, Renovo Motors has unveiled the Renovo Coupe all electric supercar. The car, based on a factory-modified Shelby American CSX9000 rolling chassis (“Cobra Daytona Coupe”), has a 0-60 miles/hr time under 3.4 seconds and a top speed over 120 miles/hr.…
Aussie team ELMOFO debuts first electric race car in gas car racing
Mercedes-Benz breaks electric car laptime record at Nürburgring with production electric sports car
Another automaker has broken the electric car laptime at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. This is the famed huge track in Germany, the north loop (the Nordschleife) of which is 20 kilometers long (12 miles). The new laptime, announced a week ago, was set by Mercedes-Benz with the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Coupé Electric…
Detroit Electric’s SP:01, fastest production electric car, being shown in Shanghai
Coverage of Detroit Electric’s electric sportscar, the SP:01, is portrayed as if the SP:01 is the fastest electric vehicle on the planet. At 155 miles/hr top speed it’s a fast electric vehicle, but it’s not the fastest electric vehicle in existence. It isn’t even the fastest production electric vehicle in…
Renault may be getting ready to join Formula E electric racing series
Renault has announced they will announce something about “When the worlds of Formula 1 and electric cars meet…”. That obtuse announcement of a pending announcement was accompanied by a nearly useless picture showing something vaguely electric performance car related. I hesitated posting anything, preferring to wait until the April 25…
China Racing is second race team to join FIA’s Formula E electric car racing series
Formula E has signed a second team, China Racing, for the 2014 racing season. The Chinese team is the second entry officially proposed to the FIA in the new global electric racing championship. The announcement was made on Feb. 27 at the FIA headquarters in Paris. The Chinese team will…
Formula E moving towards 2014 launch with Rome picked as a host city
The Formula E electric race car series is beginning to take shape for their first season, currently scheduled for 2014. Yesterday the series announced an agreement that Rome will be the first European city to host a Formula E race. In November the series announced a deal with McLaren and…
Nissan LEAF NISMO RC takes second to Tesla Roadster in JEVRA 50km electric car race at Japan’s Sportsland Sugo
Would Tesla Motors ever start a proper electric car race team? Eventually!
Since Tesla Motors has such a reputation for high powered electric cars, it must seem that the company is an obvious choice to launch an electric car racing event of some kind. Today, Jalopnik posted an interview with Elon Musk in which he was asked almost precisely that question: How…
Kleenspeed reports on testing the EV-X11 electric race car at Infineon Raceway
Kleenspeed, developer of electric vehicle drive train components, just distributed a press release going over results of their recent testing with the EV-X11 electric race car. This car is based on the West WX-10 race car chassis, and has been outfitted with electric drive train components for Kleenspeed to use…