Watch A Crazy Tesla-Powered Kit Car Tear Down The Quarter-Mile

With a Tesla P85-sourced drive unit putting out around 400bhp in a fibreglass kit car package, this is one potent little EV!
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It’s been about four years since the Tesla Roadster went out of production, so what if you want bonkers electrical power in a sports car package now? Ottawa-based Eurodyne and Tapp Auto have one solution, which involves taking a Factory Five Racing 818 fibreglass kit car, and stuffing in a rear-wheel drive P85 drive unit hooked up to a pair of Chevrolet Volt battery packs.

It’s producing somewhere in the region of 400bhp, and at just over 1100kg it’s a damn sight lighter than a Tesla. It means the electric 818 is able to lay down a respectable 10 second quarter-mile, although Eurodyne reckons a nine second pass is possible.

Sources: Car Scoops and Electrek

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GotStance
10/07/2016 - 13:51 |
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I feel offended

10/07/2016 - 23:39 |
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Anonymous

Funniest filming fail…

Sorry for the smoke…
Sorry for the camera falling off

10/07/2016 - 13:52 |
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Alex Walker 1

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It’s a good fail because of what caused it lol

10/07/2016 - 22:20 |
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Deadpool (Cam's much sexier twin) (Official Demon Fangirl)

It does all of this with only 2 Volts?! That’s mighty impressive!

10/07/2016 - 13:54 |
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Anonymous

That is ONE good looking electric car

10/07/2016 - 13:54 |
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NARDO86

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It’s called the factory five 818c usually u put a ej20, fa20, or ford ecoboost 2.3 in ig

10/07/2016 - 14:57 |
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Chris Woolery

So I’m guessing the disclaimer with this kit car was “battery’s not included”

10/07/2016 - 14:00 |
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The factory five 818 is typically powered by a Subaru WRX running gear, so I would guess this took a lot of thought to make this work. Still, it was an awesome build!

10/08/2016 - 12:40 |
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Anonymous

This car might even make me like electric cars a bit more

10/07/2016 - 16:07 |
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Anonymous

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Can someone tell me how to remove the image I put by accident? I don’t know how to remove it

10/07/2016 - 16:51 |
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Anonymous

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Does anyone know how to remove the image I put by accident? It’s not the one i wanted to upload

10/07/2016 - 16:53 |
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Poke

Anyone think it looks like a mini Koenigsegg Regera?

10/07/2016 - 16:28 |
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duracell really kicks in yo

10/07/2016 - 16:53 |
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The S2K Guy

I AM ELECTRIC

10/07/2016 - 23:51 |
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Anonymous

The most important part are the mx5 door handles

10/08/2016 - 08:26 |
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