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BC @ Dec 18th 2005 10:50PM
Uhm, I'd hate to point out the obvious, but a minimalist car with a big motor (electric or otherwise) against a full production car is hardly a competition. As far as I can see, this is just a self-serving look at me stunt that doesn't realy say anything other than, "if you strap a big motor to a lightweight chassis, you can make it accellerate really fast." The fact that the motor is electric is beside the point. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for alternative vehicles, but this is silly.
A much fairer competition would be a pit this electric go-cart against a production superbike. I'm way out of date with my motorcycle specs, but 0-60 in around 10-11s is possible with a stock bike costing a tenth of the cost of the electric cart in this "test".