Drayson Racing took their electric race car, the B12/69 EV, which is based on a Le Mans Prototype to Elvington Airfield and set four new land speed records.
The car does 0-100mph in 5.1 seconds, weighs 995kg, is powered by a 640kW/850bhp electric motor and stores its power in Lithium Ion Phosphate batteries. It set the following records:
- World electric land speed record for sub-999kg vehicles with a new average speed over one mile of 205.139mph, set from a flying start
- As above but over a kilometre, of 333.271kph (207.085mph)
- Electric vehicle acceleration world record over a quarter mile from a standing start in 9.742 seconds
- British land speed record over the measured mile for cars of any propulsion driven by wheels.
Lord Drayson drove the car in all runs. Not a bad result at all. Well done chaps.
Here's the Drayson electric race car in action at Goodwood.
Article by Matt Hubbard
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