Watch A Crazy Tesla-Powered Kit Car Tear Down The Quarter-Mile
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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Funniest filming fail…
Sorry for the smoke…
Sorry for the camera falling off
It does all of this with only 2 Volts?! That’s mighty impressive!
That is ONE good looking electric car
So I’m guessing the disclaimer with this kit car was “battery’s not included”
This car might even make me like electric cars a bit more
Anyone think it looks like a mini Koenigsegg Regera?
duracell really kicks in yo
I AM ELECTRIC
The most important part are the mx5 door handles