A New Zealand-built electric car is aiming to be the world's fastest street legal electric powered vehicle.
Dubbed Project Craz-E-Horse, the 2007 Mustang GT is set to do the 1/4 mile at Meremere dragstrip in an estimated 7.54 seconds at 326 kilometers per hour.
Craz-E-Horse - the "E" stands for Electric and the horse part stems from the fact that a Mustang is being used - has been designed for use on both the road and drag strip, and consequently will have two very different operation modes – Nana Mode for street driving with a range of up to 100 kilometres, and Animal Mode for drag racing duties
The car will be unveiled to the public at the 2017 event at Auckland's ASB Showgrounds on July 22-23. The world record attempt is planned for after the show.
Project Craz-E-Horse will have the latest and greatest battery technology with new brushless 8 phase DC electric motor technology producing up to 2000 horsepower, and will be coming straight to NZ from USA where they have only just been launched.
Supported by electric vehicle legend John Metric (USA) and the USA National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA), the project promises to be a serious contender for the world record. Metric himself has worked out the estimated performance specifications as above and has already had substantial input on the technology and set-up of the car.
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