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This 283 mph electric motorcycle just broke a bunch of land speed records, including its own

Electrek

The last time we covered Max Biaggi and his Voxman Wattman electric motorcycle, he had just set a new land speed record for electric motorcycles at 254 mph (408 km/h). more… The post This 283 mph electric motorcycle just broke a bunch of land speed records, including its own appeared first on Electrek.

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Lightning Strike electric motorcycle targets 250 mph land speed record, and it just may succeed

Electrek

Richard Hatfield’s electric motorcycle company Lightning Motorcycles is no stranger to speed. The company’s LS-218 bike got its name from a 218 mph (351 km/h) run when it snatched the long-held electric motorcycle land speed record in 2012.

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2018 Chevy Equinox diesel, electric land-speed record, Tesla sues: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, Tesla fights back, a manual gearbox reappears, a new electric land-speed record emerges from the desert, and an unexpected diesel engine arrives in a key compact crossover. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Drayson Racing to attempt electric vehicle land speed record

Green Cars News

A British-built and designed race car will attempt the FIA World Electric Land Speed record next month at RAF Elvington in Yorkshire. Latest News' Former cabinet minister and now racing entrepreneur, Lord Drayson will race a low drag version of the Drayson B12 69/EV electric Le Mans prototype race car flat [.].

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Drayson Racing sets new electric land speed record

Green Cars News

British electric racing team, Drayson Racing has successfully smashed the land speed record for an electric vehicle, with a top speed of 204.2mph recorded at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire yesterday evening. Subjected to final confirmation by FIA, the new record beats the old record of 175mph by[.].

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Wind-powered car breaks land speed record

Green Cars News

A new UK land speed record for an electric car has been set, as the wind-powered Nemesis smashed the old record set by Don Wales, the grandson of the famous racer Sir Malcolm Campbell. Designed and built entirely in the UK, the Nemesis electric car set a new record of 148 mph on an airfield [.].

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Drayson Racing looks to set new electric vehicle land speed record

Green Cars News

Fresh from its success in breaking the land speed record at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire, Drayson Racing wants to take things further still and see if it can smash its own record of 204.2mph. Established by former UK science minister-Lord Paul Drayson-Drayson Racing now plans to take its B12 [.]. Electric cars'