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Killacycle electrocutes its own quarter mile record [w/VIDEO]

Its been a mixed year for the A123-sponsored Killacycle crew. On one hand, they've been involved with bringing an electric delivery truck to market and that's cool. On the racing hand, well, there hasn't been much to report. Although entered in the TTXGP, they were a disappointing no-show. An expected assault on a land speed record also didn't materialize. Even their racing bread and butter, the record-owning quarter-mile drag machine, had been letting them down despite (or because of) having secret A123 skunkworks cells installed. Letting ... Read more →

Killacycle vs Mini-Me Killacycle at Wayland Invitational Domenick Yoney

The Portland International Raceway should be a little quieter for the next couple of days as the Wayland Invitational kicks off with all kinds of electric vehicles ready to do battle on the drag ...

Red... Yellow... GREEN! Alternative vehicles take over drag strip Jeremy Korzeniewski

Green means go. It's one of the first universal truths taught in school and it will be proven once again at the upcoming Santa Pod's Alternative Energy Race Day. According to Managing Director, David ...

Drag racing White Zombie gets some Oregon Public TV love Domenick Yoney

There seems to have been a spate of posts here on ABG lately about electric vehicles running down the quarter mile strip. The Killacycle set a world record, the Tesla Roadster pulled down a ...

VIDEO: Killacycle sets new record, takes back crown Domenick Yoney

The A123-powered Killacycle crew are at it again and this time it's for keepsies. Although they've been making similarly speedy runs down the quarter-mile strip for some time, on the 23rd of ...

Fear the silent roar: Electric Dragin' electric car races hit San Diego in January 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

All right EV-heads, the Electric Vehicle Association of San Diego is calling you out. In January 2008, the group is hosting Electric Dragin', a mostly silent, exhaust-free race for any vehicles that use electric drives. This means hybrids are A-OK, as are fuel cell vehicles, should anyone ...

Editorial: Fossil fuel's guilty pleasures and their green alternatives 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Flight. Drag racing. Radio controlled vehicles. Monster trucks, motocross... the list goes on and on. What list am I making? A list of activities or hobbies that could be considered by some to be environmentally irresponsible. Why? Let's examine some of them, starting with flight. Much has been ...


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