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Bluebird electric car guns for new EV speed record

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 08 June 2011 10:13

The grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell is continuing his quest for land speed records - with a new attempt to set the electric car v-max. Don Wales has announced he will attempt a world speed record of 500mph in an electric car in 2013. 500mph? In an EV? He won't be driving a Leaf then!  Wales will be driving the Bluebird electric car that set an earlier ...

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Bluebird electric car guns for new EV speed record

Bluebird electric car guns for new EV speed record

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 08 June 2011 10:13

The grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell is continuing his quest for land speed records - with a new attempt to set the electric car v-max. Don Wales has announced he will attempt a world speed record of 500mph in an electric car in 2013. 500mph? In an EV? He won't be driving a Leaf then!  Wales will be driving the Bluebird electric car that set an earlier ...

CAR's video guide to the 2010 Paris motor show

CAR's video guide to the 2010 Paris motor show

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Ben Pulman, 01 October 2010 11:30

Rather than embroiling themselves in our live blogging from the 2010 Paris motor, the senior statesmen of CAR (executive editor Gavin Green, contributing editor Ben Oliver and European editor Georg Kacher) have instead retreated to the comfort of a Rolls-Royce Phantom to discuss the 2010 Paris motor show. Click on the video below to watch the three of them debate the themes, ...

Mercedes SLS AMG E-Cell (2010): the electric SLS

Mercedes SLS AMG E-Cell (2010): the electric SLS

Rated 3 out of 53

Mark Passer, 05 July 2010 14:47

Following the unveiling of Tesla's updated Roadster 2.5, Mercedes is showing off its iteration of an all-electric sports car: the SLS AMG E-Cell. Insert 'electrifying' play on words here While the regular SLS pumps out 563bhp and 479lb ft from its 6.2-litre V8, the SLS E-Cell has four synchronous electric motors, powering all four wheels for a combined output of 392kW (equivalent to 526bhp) ...

VW 1L and electric Audi R8 (2009) leak early

VW 1L and electric Audi R8 (2009) leak early

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Tim Pollard, 14 September 2009 13:44

As usual, the embargos are tumbling ahead of the 2009 Frankfurt motor show – with photos of the new VW 1L concept car and electric Audi R8 spreading like wildfire. Both were supposed to be surprises held for a soirée on the eve of the show. Volkswagen’s 1L concept car is Wolfsburg’s latest incarnation of its cigar-shaped two-seater. Early reports ...

Mercedes confirms electric AMG SLS

Mercedes confirms electric AMG SLS

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Richard Webber, 17 July 2009 09:46

Mercedes’ new AMG SLS – the gullwinged  GT supercar due to appear at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show – is going electric as engineers develop an emissions-free battery powered SLS as an alternative to the 563bhp V8. The eco SLS will have an electric motor powering each wheel, producing a total of 526bhp. Needless to say, for now it remains ...

Electric Lightning GT

Electric Lightning GT

Rated 4 out of 54

Dimitri Pesin, 10 June 2008 10:30

Specialist manufacturer Lightning Car Company is set to build a 700bhp electric sports car. The Lightning GT will be powered by batteries and capable of delivering a range of 250 miles on a single charge by distributing power through electric wheel motors. Is this a ‘battery-powered TVR’? All of the power will be available from zero rpm and a 0-60 time ...

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