Monday, May 16, 2011

Formula One going fully electric? (Car Advice)

World’s Fastest Electric Racing Car

By Anthony Crawford  |  May 16th, 2011
This is the world’s first electric Formula Car. It also happens to be the world’s fastest electric racing car.



This is no hybrid, or some kind of extended range petrol electric project – it’s the real deal and it’s powered solely by electricity.

Right about now, you’ll probably be thinking, OK but it’s not that quick is it, or there’s some excuse as to why we can’t compare it to the current line-up of petrol powered formula race cars.

That line of thinking has no place with the two French companies, FCI and Formulec, who have gathered a team of people and companies from the world of Formula One, to realise this astonishing project.

It’s performance is mind blowing, with acceleration from 0-100km/h is a remarkable 3-seconds, with a top speed of 250km/h.

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