The Eliica!
I thought this would be a good juxtaposition against the oil plutocrats in Congress today.
Full story over at Gizmag: http://www.gizmag.co.uk/...
November 7, 2005 It's not that long ago that we wrote up the eight wheeled KAZ (Keio Advanced Zero-Emission Vehicle) which set the world speed record for an electric car at 311km/h and we were mightily impressed. But things have moved quickly at Keio University and Professor Hiroshi Shimizu and the team have now developed the next generation of the KAZ, which is named the Eliica (Electric Lithium-Ion Car). Last year the Eliica reached a top speed of 370 km/h at the Nardo test track in Italy, and the team's goal is to beat the top speed of the world's fastest production car (the Bugatti Veyron) and build a limited run of 200 production units, therefore becoming not just the fastest electric car in the world, but the fastest production car.
The 370km/h record-breaker was also on show in Tokyo boasting an acceleration time from 0 to 100km/h of 4.1seconds and 0 to 160km/h of just 7.0seconds.
Put that in you pipe and smoke it Ford! Who said green couldn't also be bad ass? This will win over the NASCAR crowd, being the fastest production car and all.
For those who can read Japanese, I highly suggest:
http://www.eliica.com/...