Paul Dresison set a new world speed record for electric cars weighing less than 1000 kg.
Lola B12 69/EV car, which in a past life was a racing prototype for endurance races in Le Man, managed to disperse to 328. 63 km/h on the track RAF Elvington, which is in the county of Yorkshire. Achievement is designed to demonstrate the prospects of this branch of the development of autoindustry.
The engine operating on bioethanol was replaced by an electric motor and a set of lightweight batteries for 20 kWh, which give 600 liters. With. The chassis was adapted to a new power plant, and the body is made of a secondly processed carbon fiber.
The previous record was set in 1974 by the Battle Box General Electric – 281. 64 km/h.