The link for the article was dead to me - I found this: http://recombu.com/cars/articles/news/furtive-egt-is-a-tesla-model-s-competitor
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 5:33 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > http://recombu.com/cars/articles/news/watch-this-video-if-you-think-electric-cars-are-slow > Watch this video if you think electric cars are slow > 10th July 2014 > > [image > http://cdn2.recombu.com/media/MiEV-Evolution-III-2.jpg > > > videos > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Un9TMe-acH0 > Mitsubishi MiEV Evolution III Pikes Peak run > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yOEX31kq2So > Pikes Peak 2014 Winner: Romain Dumas onboard video > ] > > Watch this video if you think electric cars are slow > > Mitsubishi all-electric Pikes Peak run shows green and performance can go > hand in hand. > > If you want to show the world how fast electric cars can go, there is no > better setting than the legendary Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event > in Colorado of the US. Which is exactly what Mitsubishi did with its MiEV > Evolution III race car. > > The all-electric Mitsubishi MiEV Evolution III was able to complete the > 12.42-mile course and its 156 corners in an impressive 9:08.188, as seen in > the GTChannel YouTube video. Just two seconds separate the eco machine and > the best run, earning driver Greg Tracy and the Japanese manufacturer > second > place overall. > > Not only that, the blistering run earned the fourth fastest ever time > recorded and first place in the Electric Modified class. Not bad for what > is > essentially an 19th-century invention and batteries strapped to a > lightweight shell with wheels. > > Credit is definitely owed to Tracy, who made the intense drive up the > mountain look effortless (except for one corner). This is not a course you > want to get wrong, as the huge drops to one side will attest. Such is the > pace, you soon forget your typical engine note has been replaced by a > supercharger-esque whine of electric motors. > > The previous fastest electric vehicle record was 9:46.530 set by Nobuhiro > Tajima in 2013. French Rally driver Sebastien Loeb currently holds the > world > record time of 8:13.878, smashing Rhys Millen's 9:02.192. 2014's winner in > the Unlimited Class was Romain Dumas. > > Anyway less talking, more action. Check out the video below and try not to > be impressed. Then watch the winning run by Dumas to see how the gap > between > electric and combustion is closing faster than you might think. > [© recombu.com] > ... > > http://www.autoblog.com/2014/07/09/mitsubishi-pikes-peak-ev-record-greg-tracy-video/ > Watch Mitsubishi break the EV record at Pikes Peak > By Brandon Turkus Jul 9th 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 > > > http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2014/07/nissan-will-offer-free-two-year-charging-on-electric-leaf.html/ > Nissan will offer free two-year charging on electric Leaf > > > http://fleetworld.co.uk/news/2014/Jul/Oldham-Council-invests-in-electric-vehicles/0434015375 > 7 Leaf EVs for Oldham Council officers & emergency services use > > > http://www.tele-management.ca/2014/07/video-worlds-cleanest-car-is-a-self-washing-nissan-leaf/ > World’s Cleanest EV Is A Self-washing Leaf With ultraeverdry.com > ... > > http://www.carwash.com/articles/89707-nissan-applies-self-cleaning-paint-to-electric-car > > > http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/hendersonville/2014/07/08/hendersonville-plaza-add-solar-parking-canopies/12364709/ > Hendersonville, TN plaza adds solar EVSE parking canopies > + > EVLN: Furtive-eGT wants to be a Tesla-S EV competitor > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Watch-this-MiEV-Evolution3-racer-video-if-you-think-EVs-are-slow-tp4670397.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? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140718/16c7154a/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
