Electric Car Sets New International Speed Record

Lord Paul Drayson set a new land speed record for an electric vehicle at Elvington Airfield, Yorkshire traveling over a 3,000 meter course at 204 mph on June 25th. The record for the sub 1000kg class was set in an adapted Lola B12 LeMans Prototype that has competed around the world in endurance racing with a Judd V10 engine using biofuel. Drayson Racing Technologies and Michelin tire company announced a racing partnership that began with the assault on the FIA world electric speed record. The first Formula E racing season using fully electric racers begins in 2014. FIA is the governing body for motor sports worldwide. The Electric World Championship is intended to promote interest and investment in electric vehicles and sustainable motoring by bringing formula racing to the people in city centers. The run smashed the old record by 29 mph set by Battery Box General Electric in the United States in 1974.