Lord Paul Drayson reached a speed of 204.185 miles per hour behind the wheel of his prototype electric vehicle and set the FIA World Electric Land Speed Record.
The new electric vehicle speed record was set at the RAFs Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire, and beat the previous fastest speed set by an electric car by almost 29 mph that had been made by General Electric.
People might think of EVs as quietly sleeking cars that dont have the power of muscle cars but an electric motor yields maximum torque the moment it starts spinning. Have you ever stepped on the gas pedal of a Tesla Model S that is real torque!
For fans of electric cars and that could include engineers and designers working on EVs at major automakers one of the best parts of this record breaker is the increased attention and focus it brings to electric racing and battery propulsion.
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