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It was a big deal when Peugeot's EX1 set the electric vehicle speed record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife with a time of 9.01:33 this past May (video here). In response, Toyota worked hard to make sure that its TMG EV P001 made the run in 7.47.79 at the end of August. There's another ...

No, it's not a record-setting lap, but with a time 9 minutes and 40 seconds, the Electric RaceAbout did narrowly beat the 9:51 lap set by a modified Mini E back in 2010 at the famed Nürburgring in Germany. Sure, the radically styled Peugeot EX1 lapped the 'Ring in 9 minutes 1.338 seconds, ...

We reported on the Finnish RaceAbout X-Prize contender during its unveiling in April. Since then, the RaceAbout went on to earn second place in the Progressive Automotive X-Prize side-by-side tandem class – not bad ...

Ladies and gentlemen, meet your finalists for the Automotive X-Prize: Mainstream Class Edison2, Very Light Car (team name, car name) Alternative Class - Tandem X-Tracer, E-Tracer Alternative Class - ...