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Ford Mustang Electric Drag Car Does 0 To 60 MPH Under 2 Seconds, Targets 200 MPH

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The McLaren F1 supercar and Tesla Model S P85D sedan can both do 0 to 60 mph in 3.2 Not when there's an electric car that will do 0 to 60 in less than 2 seconds. That car is a 1968 Ford Mustang converted to electric power with the "Zombie 222" package developed by tuner Mitch Medford. DON'T MISS.

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Northern Lights Energy and Reva Electric Car Company Sign Agreement to Develop the Electric Vehicle Market in Iceland

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Northern Lights Energy ( NLE ), the initiator of the 2012 charging infrastructure project and provider of infrastructure and services for electric vehicles (EV) based in Iceland, has signed an agreement with Reva Electric Car Company to jointly develop the electric vehicle market in Iceland.

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NSF awards Univ. of Maryland and Genovation $438K to develop novel hybrid energy storage system for EVs

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The project is led by Dr. Alireza Khaligh, Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, A. Khaligh’s research group has been collaborating with Genovation Cars Inc. to investigate , propose, model and develop an actively controlled battery/ultra-capacitor system for the G2 Electric Car. Earlier post.).

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4 Classic Car Relaunches Transforming the EV Landscape

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Experts retrofitted the baby blue 1968 model with an electric motor, which the company used to debut its conversion program. Jaguar hopes more people will convert their classic cars into electric vehicles to keep them on the road. Those who convert their internal combustion engines won’t miss a beat, either.

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Flash Drive: 2024 Polestar 2 Single and Dual Motor

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with 0-60 mph times of 5.9 The all-electric range (AER) is now up to 320 miles, a 20% range increase over the 2023 model. of torque and gets to 60 mph in 4.1 Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels.

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Mercedes-AMG reveals performance hybrid and battery-electric AMG derivative strategy

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The power of the electric motor is applied immediately with full torque, a characteristic of the design. An electric actuator switches to the 2 nd gear by approx. 87 mph, when the maximum speed of the electric motor would be reached at approx. 13,500 rpm. AMG High Performance Battery.

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Rent A Tesla For $25/Hour, Just Plan Your Charging Carefully

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The all-electric Tesla Roadster is probably the world's best advertisement for electric cars. While crude, cramped, and expensive, its 0-to-60-mph time of 3.9 seconds will make a convert out of any electric skeptic.

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