The students clocked the top speed of the E-RA, known also as the Electric RaceAbout, at 161mph across the ice during the freezing weather, without skidding or spinning. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2128014/Fancy-spin-Electronic-race-car-speeds-frozen-lake-160mph-DOESNT-skid.html#ixzz1rwhDe7b8
Nice looking car, all custom built apparently.
Looks kinda like a Daytona Prototype from that angle.
Let's hope the electrics don't get wet!!
and batteries don't like the cold
mad_machine wrote: and batteries don't like the cold
That was sort of the point...they wanted to show that they now have battery packs that do OK under those conditions:
The experiment was partially to prove that electric cars can function in extremely cold weather, and at high speeds on slippery, icy terrain. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2128014/Fancy-spin-Electronic-race-car-speeds-frozen-lake-160mph-DOESNT-skid.html#ixzz1rxF2DJFB
Of course, who knows if that is true at commercially viable prices. (I hope it is)
GameboyRMH wrote: Nice looking car, all custom built apparently.
VERY nice. Not even in that "for a home-built" kinda way.
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