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If there are two things in this world that kinfolk just do not respect , it ’s theUS Congressand the obscene amounts of torque that an galvanic engine can bring out . And like itstwo - wheeled brethren , the Lola B12 69 / EV has more than enough torsion to give up . Enough , even , to propel a former UK administration functionary to over 200 MPH and into the chronicle books .
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The Lola B12 69 / EV is built by Drayson Racing Technologies ( as in Lord Drayson — he ’s also the fellowship CEO and former minister for the Labour government ) in Kidlington , Oxfordshire . The firm has been in mental process since 2007 and focuses on sustainable automotive technology , show its latest advancements through the firm ’s race team .
And to march the potential of electric vehicles , Dayton just went forward and position a land speed phonograph record last week at RAF Elvington in Yorkshire . There , the Lola B12 69 / EV hit a top speed of 204.2 MPH , beating the previous 175 MPH record set in 1974 by a General Electric Battery Box car .
To do so , the Drayson squad had to modify an be Le Mans prototype that used a bio - ethanol railway locomotive with a 20 kWh ( 850 HP ) electric index plant and modify the recycled carbon fiber chassis to minimize drag and to get it under the 1,000 kg limit to qualify for the FIA ( Federation Internationale de l’Automobile ) record book .
“ What it , I trust , shows to people is just what the future potential difference of electrical elevator car is , ” Drayson told the BBC . ” [ It ] is a pointer to the future – the technology that we developed for this railroad car will filter down to the railway car we use every day . ”
While the presence of Google ’s Eric Schmidt might lead to dreams of driverless car races , Drayson racing will be sticking with human driver for the clip being . In fact Lord Drayson is form to start up a new FIA Formula Es competition ( open only to galvanizing vehicles ) for the 2014 season . Reportedly the race will be 45 min longsighted and wo n’t include traditional pit halt . Since you ca n’t very well recharge or swap a battery in a pit stop , racer will instead hop out of the expired car , run 100 meters ( which is going to be screaming ) , and get into a freshly charged car . Each automobile driver will race three disjoined motorcar and get two pits per airstream . No word yet on whether they ’ll be allowed to play off for tire changes .
The races are determine to start out in London in the fall of next twelvemonth , followed by Rome , Miami , Beijing , Rio de Janeiro ( if Brazilian smart set has n’t collapse by then ) and three other TBD locales . Hopefully they ’ll be travel from venue to venue by more ceremonious means . [ Extreme Tech – BBC ]
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