Wednesday, May 1, 2013

SRI EV1 brings all-electric racing to the Mexican 1000 rally (video)

SRI EV1 brings allelectric offroading to the General Tire Mexican 1000 rally video

We've seen electric off-roaders tackle the Dakar Rally, but racing on the Baja peninsula has proven elusive -- until this weekend. After driving in smaller races, SRI's EV1 has joined the big leagues by starting in NORRA's Mexican 1000 rally. The 535HP, 400kW open-wheeler has participated in at least the first trio of special stages, and it will ideally join a handful of further stages that fit within the vehicle's 100-mile range. While the EV1 is far from the front of the Evolution class, at 36th place as of this writing, winning isn't the point -- SRI wants to drum up enough funding to hot-swap batteries and complete every stage in future races. Its project should at least be proof that smaller EVs can thrive in some of the world's harshest racing conditions.

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Via: Autoblog

Source: SRD (Facebook), SRI, NORRA

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/Q1B1zCPICRE/

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