The electric racer...has been recorded as achieving 0-100km/h in 6.85s with a top speed of 150km/h!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy magnetrons Batman, if you put enough exclamation points down it sounds great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 4:04 AM, brucedp5 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > http://www.news.com.au/sport/motor-sport/nissan-to-put-electric-car-to-the-test-at-clipsal-500-in-showdown-with-v8-supercar-and-godzilla/story-fnec58e3-1226832870026 > Nissan to put electric car to the test at Clipsal 500 in showdown with V8 > Supercar and 'Godzilla' > by Scott Walsh, The Advertiser February 21, 2014 > > [image > > http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2014/02/20/1226832/869728-db66299c-99e2-11e3-a5ad-5f99c6c437b4.jpg > Kelly with the LEAF Nismo RC and his V8 Altima > ] > > IMAGINE a golf buggy like this. > > Nissan is planning to blow away the putt-putt perception of electric power > at next week's Clipsal 500 when it unveils the maker's battery-driven LEAF > Nismo RC in an exhibition race against a V8 Supercar and a Nissan GT-R road > car. > > The all-electric, zero-emission and virtually silent car's appearance will > be its first in Australia and a rare global run since it was launched at > the > New York Auto Show in 2011. > > Nissan V8 Supercars driver Rick Kelly will pilot the revolutionary racer -- > which, with no exhaust, reportedly makes little more than tyre noise -- > while > motorsport commentator Neil Crompton and Adelaide racer Samantha Zanotto > will share duties in the GT-R. > > "It's going to be an honour to be the first person to drive the Nissan LEAF > Nismo RC in Australia," Kelly said. > > "It's a crazy time at the moment, having come from Bathurst (12-hour race) > in the GT-R, then testing our Altima V8 Supercar, and now I'm going to get > the chance to drive one of Nissan's game changers. > > "The LEAF Nismo RC is a pure race car. It's not going to sound like the > racing cars we've all come to know, but the level of detail that Nismo has > gone to in this car is amazing. > > "I think the Adelaide fans will be blown away by its speed and I'm really > excited to get behind the wheel of it at the Clipsal 500." > > The electric racer weighs just 925kg, just over half a GT-R's 1740kg. It > boasts a carbon-fibre body and LED headlights, and has been recorded as > achieving 0-100km/h in 6.85s with a top speed of 150km/h. > > The Nissan Time Attack will be on track next Saturday and Sunday. > [(c) 2014 news.com.au] > ... > http://www.clipsal500.com.au/ > Clipsal 500 Adelaide > ... > http://www.nissanusa.com/innovations/nismo-rc.article.html > Nissan LEAF Nismo RC EV > > > > > http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/motor-sport/nissan-to-put-electric-car-to-the-test-at-clipsal-500-in-showdown-with-v8-supercar-and-godzilla/story-fnibc0rk-1226832870026 > Nissan to put electric car to the test at Clipsal 500 in showdown with V8 > Supercar and 'Godzilla' February 21, 2014 > > > > > For all EVLN posts use: > > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date > > Here are today's archive-only EV posts: > > EVLN: Self-Driving EV Will Transform Working on the Move (video) > EVLN: Three Lithium-Ion Giants Join To Build Better EV Batteries > EVLN: Electric bikes on the move in Pennsylvania > EVLN: Don't park in EV-only spots if you are not an EV > EVLN: Big $435M Auckland.au plan> buy&rent-out 15k $29k Tango EVs (video) > EVLN: Ohio Car Dealers Ply To Try To Ban Tesla Sales Again > + > EVLN: Here's Why Many Car Dealers Don't Want To Sell EVs > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-LEAF-Nismo-RC-EV-vs-Supercar-ice-EVent-Clipsal-500-Adelaide-au-tp4668041.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? 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