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Sunday 12th August will be a day Nobuhiro Tajima will want to forget. After some very promising qualifying and testing runs in his brand new electric e-Runner Pikes Peak Special, his final ascent of Pikes Peak ended in smoke and flames, forcing him to retire from what many see as ‘his’ race. On race day,
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Drayson Racing sets record at Goodwood FoS
Lord Drayson set a few tongues wagging at Goodwood Festival of Speed this year as he drove the Lola-Drayson B12/69 EV in its first ever public test. And it wasn’t just a leisurely pootle as many expected – it was a full blooded, record setting lap that placed the car eleventh overall, taking the honour of
Tajima wows the crowds with full speed demonstration
Monster Tajima got to show off his new toy at full speed on Friday in front of an ‘ecstatic’ crowd of media and fans. He unveiled the Monster Sport E-Runner Pikes Peak Special’s new livery following a talk at a nearby school in the Shizuoka prefecture (near the Monster Sport factory), and then took to
Historic hybrid victory at the Le Mans 24 hours
With Audi and Toyota introducing and fielding a total of four hybrid prototypes for the 80th running of the Le Mans 24 hours, the prospect of an historic victory for either manufacturer was always a very real possibility and so it proved at the chequered flag on Sunday. Starting from pole on Saturday, the #1
Drayson Racing’s electric prototype to run at Goodwood Festival of Speed
It was very encouraging recently to see electric racing embraced by the public and mainstream media with the record breaking success at the Isle of Man’s TT Zero motorcycle race. Another innovative highly impressive electric-powered prototype will be under the spotlight soon when Drayson Racing’s Lola B12/69EV makes it’s first public running at the Goodwood
Hybrids rule Le Mans qualifying
Three of the fastest four cars at Le Mans were hybrids following the first practice and qualifying session yesterday. The Audi R18 e-tron Quattro cars took first and second place, with the #7 Toyota TS030 taking fourth behind the conventionally powered Audi R18 Ultra. The #8 Toyota came in a respectable sixth with a time
Electric drift car design winner announced
Congratulations are in order for Mexican designer Ivan Vela who has scooped a $5000 prize for his interpretation of Quimera’s All Electric Drift Car (AEDC). Vela was the winner of a competition that invited amateur graphic artists to design new livery for the AEDC, the world’s first professional electric drift car, and he will get
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