'nemesis' Electric Car Breaks Uk Land-Speed Record

[Chris_edeson]

saw this and thought it was rather interesting!

 

A battery-powered car has broken the UK land-speed record for electric vehicles at Elvington airfield near York.

 

The Nemesis, a heavily-modified Lotus Exige which was originally bought off eBay, clocked an average speed of 148mph (239km/h).

 

The car was designed and built by a team of British motorsport engineers in Norfolk, and driven by estate agent Nick Ponting, 21, from Gloucester.

 

John Maguire reports from York.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19739882

[Mark H]

Saw that being discussed at 6am this morning on BBC news, instantly thought, recognise the shape of that car!

[lummo]

Yeah, I saw that on the BBC news as well. They were going to show it live, but there was a delay with the safety crew so it missed the news time slot.

 

They said it would probably be on in the morning.

[darryl]

 

You would have thought Lotus cars would have made more of this with it being an Exige?

[fentuz]

Here is the build / development of the car.

http://zerocarbonista.com/tag/wind-car/page/2/

 

 

 

*bizarre, i can't find the original thread i put on July the 1st 2011*