Electric world record at the drag strip

VW Beetle electric conversion, Black Current, set a world record with an ET of 8.711 seconds & terminal velocity of 151.58 mph at the 2016 SPRC Summer Nationals at Santa Pod Raceway.

Black Current has been a development project, with a string of records, including the first electric car to cover a quarter mile in under 10 seconds, as long ago as 2011. That run included 0-60 mph in just 1.6 seconds. At that time, the car was powered by sixty 12-volt lead-acid motorcycle batteries.

Daily Mail 2011
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1394754/Record-breaking-Beetle-fastest-electric-powered-drag-racer-doing-0-60mph-1-6-seconds.html?ito=feeds-newsxml / EV electric vehicle battery electric motor LiIon lithium ion charge recharge drag strip drag race Volts-wagen Volkswagen Beetle fastest electric-powered electric powered drag racer 0-60mph in 1.6 seconds Black Current Black Currant Black Current, constructed from a 1965 VW Beetle created brothers Olly Sam Young set world record first electric-powered electric powered car quarter mile in under ten seconds 0-60mph in 1.6 seconds electric cars good for the environment minimal carbon footprint fastest thing on four wheels Sam 30 driver Olly 34 designer won Zero Emissions category annual Alternative Energy Racing tournament Santa Pod home-made home made electric dragster hitting nearly 133mph in the process broken a world record a few weeks earlier quarter-mile sprint 9.51 seconds top speed 135mph first ever break 10-second barrier electric car Olly nought to sixty in 1.6 seconds hand-building electric cars small workshop Hungerford UK world-beater mean machine powerful zero-emissions vehicles milk float car powered by sixty 12-volt motorcycle batteries faster still lithium gel battery pack started VW Beetle record-breaking creation milk float just made improvements year on year the secret is time effort trial and error research keep making car lighter more powerful make it even faster pride and excitement everything works as it should months of work brothers next step race overseas conquer petrol-powered petrol powered dragsters next black currant /