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…
The StuntBusters show on SPEEDTV did an attempt to show which is faster – gas or electric. The event was staged and not terribly like real race conditions. So we shouldn’t read into this anything more than an attempt to entertain and inform people. And, for sure, it put electric…
The Lola-Drayson team have just revealed what is intended to be the fastest electric-powered racing car in the world. The B12/69EV is built on a current Lola LMP1 chassis with Drayson’s 4X2-640 drive train, that is claimed to propel the car at speeds up to 200 miles/hr and deliver more power than an equivalent…
Exciting news about a new electric car race series being mulled. Quimera (and by extension TTXGP), the International Motor Sports Association and the American Le Mans are working together to launch what may be a global electric car race series. Going by the press release below the stakeholders mentioned are…
Brigham Young University officials have announced that their student-built electric car has set another Bonneville speed record. The car, nicknamed “Electric Blue” was built by BYU engineering students and was competing in the Streamliner E1 class. The BYU team had no problem busting the 130 MPH barrier. Their two runs…
Last year Vantage Power built an electric race car and drove it the full length of the Pan-American Highway in an endurance challenge. Now they are teaming up with Drayson Racing to develop high performance electric cars. Drayson Racing is the racing team formed by Lord Drayson, they race in…
“Electric racing offers the potential to both accelerate the development of electric drivetrain technology in the crucible of competition, but also to show how exciting zero-emissions race cars can be and so shift consumer attitudes towards the adoption of EVs,” said Drayson Racing chief Lord Paul Drayson. So far the…
