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Lightyear shows importance of aero: 250-mile range at 85+ mph, with just 60 kwh?

Green Car Reports

The Lightyear One solar-assisted electric car will achieve impressive range without a massive battery pack, its maker claims. In a recent video showing high-speed testing of the One's bespoke Bridgestone tires, Lightyear said the car achieved energy consumption "as low as" 141 watt-hours per kilometer at 130 kph (86 mph).

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Tesla Model S Plaid’s 8.94-sec quarter-mile pass at 156 mph earns praise from Musk

Teslarati

The Tesla Model S Plaid is already an amazingly quick car. Equipped with three electric motors, the vehicle is listed on Tesla’s online configurator with a 0-60 mph time of 1.99 seconds and a quarter-mile time of 9.23 seconds with a trap speed of 155 mph. second quarter-mile with a trap speed of 156 mph.

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Lightyear shows importance of aero: 250-mile range at 80+ mph, with just 60 kwh?

Green Car Reports

The Lightyear One solar-assisted electric car will achieve impressive range without a massive battery pack, its maker claims. In a recent video showing high-speed testing of the One's bespoke Bridgestone tires, Lightyear said the car achieved energy consumption "as low as" 141 watt-hours per kilometer at 130 kph (81 mph).

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DragTimes Takes Tesla Plaid Model S On Track — 0–60 MPH: 2.01 seconds, 0–100 km/h: 2.11 seconds, 0–100 MPH: 4:19 seconds

CleanTechnica EVs

On their second day of owning a Tesla Plaid Model S, DragTimes took the new vehicle to Orlando Speedway for a full set of performance tests, including 0–60 mph, 0–100 km/h, 60–130 mph, 100–150 mph, 1/8 mile, and 1/4 mile — just to name a few. Brooks noted that DragTimes got invited out by Diablo […].

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Tesla Model X Plaid sets record with 2.3-sec 0-60 mph launch, 9.7-sec quarter-mile

Teslarati

They exist to highlight the idea that electric cars are superior to internal combustion vehicles, full stop. Among cars that are straight out of the factory, the Model S Plaid is near-untouchable save for million-dollar hypercars like the Rimac Nevera. sec 0-60 mph launch, 9.7-sec seconds at 143.80

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Ford Mustang Mach-E GT tests its 1/4-mile mettle

Teslarati

The all-electric Mach-E ran a 12.657-second 1/4-mile at 100.02 miles per hour, according to a receipt given to the owner at the track. Splits for the Mach-E were as follows: 1/4-mile: 12.657 seconds @ 100.02 1/8-mile: 8.03 0-20 MPH in 1.20s. 0-30 MPH in 1.80s. 0-40 MPH in 2.44. seconds @ 86.67

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Genovation’s GXE breaks street-legal all-electric land speed record: 205.6 mph

Green Car Congress

Genovation broke the land speed record for a street-legal all-electric vehicle with the Genovation Extreme Electric car (GXE). mph (330.88 The record was certified by the International Mile Racing Association (IMRA). mph (300.63 The GXE reached 205.6

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