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VIDEO: Electric Pinto only explodes off the starting line

by Domenick Yoney (RSS feed) on Aug 18th 2008 at 10:23AM



Back in the day, the Ford Pinto was most famous for the occasional gas tank explosion when involved in a rear-end collision. When you design a car with that kind of feature engineering flaw and then combine it with doors that jam shut in the same type of crash, people are going to talk. Nowadays, there's a Pinto in Alaska with fire-orange paint developing a reputation for a exploding off the drag strip starting line that's got people talking. This pony lacks a gas tank so you know all that smoke must be coming from the tires, though the lack of a screaming V8 might try to fool your senses. The car is owned by the president of the Alaskan chapter of the Electric Vehicle Association, Mike Willmon, and can tear up a quarter mile of tarmac in as little as 12.576 seconds and tops out at 127 mph. Yeah, we've seen faster cars too, but we're talking Pinto here! You can get lots of details on the rig at its EV Album page then sit back and watch the electric streak dubbed "Crazy Horse" take on a few "gassers" after the jump.

[Source: Anchorage Daily News / YouTube]






Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford, USA

Tags: drag strip, DragStrip, electric car, Electric Vehicle Association, ElectricCar, ElectricVehicleAssociation, Ford Pinto, FordPinto, Mike Willmon, MikeWillmon

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