I’m fully confident that as long as there are two sentient beings on this planet with comparable vehicles, some form of motorsport will exist. No matter how expensive fuel gets or how hard green regs come down us all, man will race man (or woman). It’s just the way of things. That said, if the [...]
Usually, we try to keep away from the snore-fest tech out there, especially if it has anything to do with charging batteries. For one, I’m too dim to fully comprehend the mechanicals at play. For another, nobody really cares. But this, Fiends, is too awesome to skip over. Some enterprising scientist over a decade ago [...]
Looks like SSC is out to reinvent the electric wheel. And then some. Look, if you wanted to, you could slap a bigger motor into a Tesla, haul around 6,800 more laptop batteries and go really, really fast. Still going to take you 7 or 8 hours to charge the thing. We’ve heard about the [...]
The boys and girls at Tesla have been plinking away on a new variant of the company’s Roadster for awhile now. What’d they come up with? A “sport” variant. Thanks to 284 horsepower (40 over stock) and super-sticky Yokohama A048 tires, the car’s 0-60 time gets clipped by .2 seconds, bringing the grand total to [...]
So you love your 911 but crave the green cred of the Tesla. Fear not. EvPorsche down in Florida is ready to help you out by converting your German bruiser into an all-electric plug-in. The good news is the car can maintain its trademark performance. As in, a standard ’74 to ‘98 911 conversion will [...]
We’ll save you some counting and go ahead and say it: the Eliica’s an 8-wheel drive electric vehicle. Why all the rollers? Each wheel sports its own, 80 horsepower electric motor, and the combined effect of all eight is good enough to launch this funky-looking ride to 60 in under four seconds. Top speed? That’d [...]
Ginetta’s been responsible for some seriously bad-ass vehicles over its long history, and it looks like the company isn’t about to let up any time soon. The UK-based company is set to release its newest sports-bred bruiser, the G50, and the car may also serve as a platform for a new electric vehicle. Ginetta’s hoping [...]
My dad used to tell me the most humiliating defeat he ever suffered while prowling the streets of Knoxville in his ’79 Mustang was at the hands of a beater Vega Wagon. He said the car had one tail light, four different color body panels and rusting steelies. When the sucker edged up to the [...]
Seriously. This car should only be sold to licensed super heroes. Why? Because evidently this plug-in hybrid commands enough torque to spin the globe in reverse. That kind of power in the hands of evil could have hilariously disastrous effects. Think Ground Hog Day. Yesterday we got a peek at the tail of this beastie, [...]
Ok. Last time I use the on-ice thing. I swear. Typically, EV’s and cold weather aren’t the best of friends. Temperatures below freezing tend to put a hurt on a battery’s ability to store and discharge energy, so you’re looking at decreased performance all around. Does that stop the French from racing EV’s on ice? [...]
