Electric Cars – Is The Reality Getting Closer?
There has been a lot of talk over the last few years about the impact that electric vehicles are going to have on our lives and how different the future is going to be, but we have yet to see any real and significant change.
That may well be about to change!
Racing Green Endurance is a team from London Imperial College who are about to break records that may give electric vehicles a well needed boot in the backside.
With the development of the next generation of electric car this team have produced record breaking capabilities in a small and precise package and they’re not afraid to show it off.
The team of 11 students have completed the production of a test car based on the shell of a Radical SR8 and have achieved some really great things. They have produced a car that is fast and efficient. Ultra cheap to run and, possibly most importantly, can cover a decent distance between recharging.
The distance thing has always been an issue for electric vehicles and rightly so. The need for long recharging cycles and the fear of running out of power many miles from a mains socket has really held back the sales and social acceptance of these potentially wonderful creations, but that doesn’t have to be the case.
As quickly as technology progresses, there is always some gusty and willing volunteers willing to push and pull at it limits. That’s exactly what this team of London Imperial College students have managed to do with their electric supercar.
Twice round the M25 sounds like some B-rated horror film to 99% percent of the people that have ever had to drive on it, but for this team it was a testing ground. Not only a testing ground in fact, but a proving ground.
On one single charge this car was able to complete a 250 mile trip in and out of London via the M25. Twice!
Now, this is an impressive feat as I know I’ve had petrol cars in the past that couldn’t even complete that distance, but Racing Green Endurance does it whilst also packing the equivalent of 400hp!
So What’s Next?
Well I’m glad you asked!
Not happy with the M25 any longer, they are going to attack the longest road in the world. The Pan American Highway. All 26,000km of it. Although I’m assuming it won’t be in a single charge(that’s a few years off yet!).
The team are flying off to Anchorage, Alaska on the 28th June where they will begin their journey to the worlds southernmost city of Ushuaia.
All this to prove to the world that electric vehicles are a force to be reckoned with.
Brilliant!
I wish you all luck.
You can find out more about the car, the team and their progress right here at www.racinggreenendurance.com
