electric race car

Last year, Drayson Racing and Lola announced they would partner on an all-electric race car and now, at the 6th MIA International Low Carbon Racing Conference, the very impressive result of their collaboration has been revealed. The Lola-Drayson B12/69EV is an 850-horsepower (640-kW) monster that ...

On Thursday, Italian aerodynamic consultancy firm FondTech revealed its electric, single-seat Formula E racer, the E-11. The car is the brainchild of ex-Ferrari Formula One team aerodynamicist Jean-Claude Migeot. FondTech says its battery-powered E-11 can match the performance of today's Formula ...

Meet, again, the Formulec EF01, a truly remarkable single-seat electric racer that combines speed, acceleration and efficiency with respect for the environment. Designed by South African firm Formulec and Segula Matra Technologies, the Formulec EF01 accelerates from 0 to 60 miles per hour in a ...

Quimera, a Spanish eco-transport consortium, will only officially launch its AEGT01 electric race car next month, but it's let slip a video showing off its muy caliente-mobile in advance. Though we can't verify the claim that ...

Kleenspeed Technologies has turned up the volume on its electric race car efforts by producing the EV-X11 and another win at the Refuel SportElectric TT. Piloted by company head Tim Collins, the prototype average 81.5 miles per hour around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, hacking almost four seconds ...

In mid-May, the Nissan Leaf Nismo RC took to the track for a shakedown. Come late next week, the electric racer will return for more on-track action. Nissan has just announced that the Leaf Nismo RC will hit the tarmac during the "Le Mans vers le futur," a demonstration event that will take ...

The latest episode of Robert Llewellyn's plug-in-centric show Fully Charged has hit the Internet and this time 'round Llewellyn drives the Delta E4 Coupe prototype and takes you inside the record-setting Black Current electric dragster. Sure, we've already seen video of Llewellyn riding shotgun ...

A lot of Universities around the world have solar racing teams that build cool UFO-looking vehicles that compete with each other for speed and efficiency records. The University of Pennsylvania is not one of them. They used to be, ...

We couldn't help but be impressed by the Green GT Le Mans Prototype-style racer when it first surfaced back in the Spring of 2009. It was just as awe-inspiring when its drivetrain found its way beneath the very sexy bodywork ...

Back in February of 2009, a fellow hailing from Croatia showed up on DIY Electric Car, a forum for EV builders and conversion enthusiasts, saying he wanted to build an electric that is faster than 99 percent of the ...