Home built EV draggster beats 'vette

LOL, Z06 here

 

Like this ?

 

With a normal driver I would agree but some of the tweakers I know are pushing the barrier of mid 10sec 1/4mile times with a stock C6 Z06.

Ranger from CorvetteForum.com went 11.13et at 127mph on stock tires.

Another guy beat his record with a 10.98 at 129mph then slapped on drag radials and went 10.83 at 130mph.

This is just getting out of hand!

 

Well all the stats for the Corvette are great and very impressive for a stock street car, however you are looking at the tail end of 100+ years of developement.
Electric cars, although they were around at the beginning of last century developement stalled while oil ruled for most of that time. Electric vehicle developement is now at about model T level, (edid: - Actually it is earlier than model T, it's still in the home garage stage) right at the early stages. The electric STREET car, the subject of this thread is part of that developement and a flag toward the future.

You can get excited about a corvette, or relic of the past or look forward to the future of alternative vehicles becoming mainstream.

 

Preaching to the choir my friend. I've been an avid racer since I was 18 and only just recently dumped my "race" cars. I will not purchase another gasoline powered vehicle to race. The next race car will either be all electric or something better. For me the rush of the race is in the first 60' and the 1.6 60's that the lil Datsun is achieving suits me fine. At around the 1.5 60' range I get the sensation of light-headedness during the launch and it's a great feeling. Now if we can just make it a rearwheel drive car so that I can tweak the suspension for some wheels up action I'd be in heaven! Then I'm going gunnin' after my buddy Chris Chow ahaha

 

I'm a road racer & theres no reason an electric car cannot be as fast as a gas car around a road course.

Range & where to recharge is the issue

I'd miss the wail of a V12 or the growl of a 7 liter V8 though

Audi is a technology leader today as they won the last 2 LeMans races w diesel power

btw F1 is talking about hybrid racers in the future

and Ferrari has mentioned the possibility of a hybrid road car

 

Related to hybrid & electric cars, the real reason these are not raced is similair to the reason jet & rocket cars are not raced very often

Jet & rocket cars would wipe the floor w gas cars but nobody is around to sponsor them or make $ of jet engine parts for cars So... the powers that be have them on lock down

hybrid cars have it easier than jet, rocket, or electric cars so I expect to see race hybrids in F1 & LeMans car soon

 

No need to imagine it. You can go and see it... or watch it on the web.
http://nedra.com/

 

Nor at the drag strip.
http://evnut.com/wrightspeed.htm

300 miles and *anywhere* aren't good enough? We're still working on it.

 

The rules about how much and how energy can be recovered and stored then delivered are being discussed in F1 as we type.

A Hybrid Toyota won a 24 hour race in Japan by a fantastic margin earlier this year.
http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_reports/toyota-hybrid-tokashi-24-race-win.htm
The advantages in racing are obvious when you think about it, a major impact in endurance racing is fuel stops and fuel weight. By embracing hybrid technology you reduce the need to carry as much fuel, stop as often for fuel, you can use a smaller lighter petrol engine and in this case drive all 4 wheels with no complex drive train.

 

The Corvette is a beautiful car. But I hate gasoline and the noise and vibration of a gas engine. I want a Corvette shell with all electric drive. And since I'm not into racing, I'd be happy with freeway speed and enough acceleration for zippy merging and passing.

A Tesla Roadster would be nice, too, though its specs far exceed what I need, but if I got on the waiting list now I'd have to wait at least 18 months.

But even though I'm not into racing, I love it when an electric car some guy builds in his garage without any big backing or fancy manufacturing technology can go to the track and leave just about every other car in the dust.

Range is an issue. With the technology we have today, battery EVs could only meet about 90% of America's personal transportation needs. In my case, my 40-mph Xebra works for me only about 27 days out of 30.

 

The Tesla is nice but its based on the Lotus Elise which is also very nice

but VERY small and hard to get in & out of

 

I showed my buddy the Tesla and he cringed. He loved the idea but he said he rode in an Elise at Thunder Hill and he had to crawl out onto the ground then get on his knees to stand back up. He's 6'5" 280lbs lol

 

An upgrade to lithium makes quite a difference!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8qDZOBQs60w

 

I'd say the problem isn't the car but your mate's fitness level. Easy way to get out of most sports cars is get the legs out, feet on the ground and just stand up. Once you lean forward to stand up the roof isn't in the way because the sides of the car taper in at the top. I can easily get in and out of my friends lowered RX7 and MX5 and I'm a fat pig so I can't see the issue.

 

Neither of those cars are a race prepped Elise lol. You should see how long my buddies legs are though. I'm 6'3" and I have plenty of room in my Prius. He gets in it and his knee touches the shifter handle. He owns a lowered C5 ZO6 and has no trouble in that car.

 

On the Elise the roof is right there when you swing your legs out. The roof is just too low to get out unless you are 4'11"

Its harder to get in & out than a Countach