Post by mushroom on May 12, 2010 10:29:02 GMT
This is Black Current III, a naughty-looking VW Beetle that's officially the fastest electric dragster in Europe. It recorded an 11.24sec ¼-mile run at Santa Pod recently, beating a Tesla Roadster by more than 1.5secs in the process.
Black Current III is the work of brothers Olly and Sam Young and is a 1960s Beetle powered by two forklift truck motors and 60 12-volt batteries. This is good for 1200lb ft of torque, a 0-60 time of around 3.0secs and a terminal velocity at the end of quarter-mile of 114mph.
The project started six years ago when the brothers got hold of an abandoned milk float and mated its motor to an engine-less Beetle.
The next step in the project is to get hold of some hi-tech lithium ion batteries. Considering how the Black Current boys and their forklift-powered car wiped the floor with the cutting-edge Tesla - we'd love to see what they can do with Black Current IV...
considering the Tesla costs $130K and the beetle was built by 2 guys
www.thebigmoney.com/blogs/shifting-gears/2010/03/10/review-tesla-roadster-sport-130000-electric-orange-sex?page=full
I know what I'd rather have
Black Current III is the work of brothers Olly and Sam Young and is a 1960s Beetle powered by two forklift truck motors and 60 12-volt batteries. This is good for 1200lb ft of torque, a 0-60 time of around 3.0secs and a terminal velocity at the end of quarter-mile of 114mph.
The project started six years ago when the brothers got hold of an abandoned milk float and mated its motor to an engine-less Beetle.
The next step in the project is to get hold of some hi-tech lithium ion batteries. Considering how the Black Current boys and their forklift-powered car wiped the floor with the cutting-edge Tesla - we'd love to see what they can do with Black Current IV...
considering the Tesla costs $130K and the beetle was built by 2 guys
www.thebigmoney.com/blogs/shifting-gears/2010/03/10/review-tesla-roadster-sport-130000-electric-orange-sex?page=full
I know what I'd rather have
