British team to attempt 300 mph in electric car

[img=right:485f75bd33]http://priuschat.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i.a.cnn.net_cnn_2005_TECH_science_05_05_speed.record.ap_story.speed.ap.jpg[/IMG]ALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- A British team will try to break the speed record for electric-powered cars weighing more than 2,200 pounds (990 kilograms), using a vehicle that has 52 batteries and no mechanical gears.

Nevada agreed to shut down a state highway Thursday for the torpedo-shaped car's attempt to top 300 mph (483 kph).

The record is 245 mph (394 kph), set by an American team using a similarly streamlined car powered by thousands of "AA" batteries. That record was set in 1999 on Utah's Salt Flats, which are too wet at this time of year for speed racing.

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