18.12.2007 04:35 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

All-electric dragster sets electric vehicle quarter mile record

Filed under: Transportation The last time we saw a vehicle powered by high-power lithium-ion batteries, it was the crazy-fast KillaCycle, and it was lodged neatly inside a minivan after being too much for its owner to handle. Well, it looks like the same battery tech is behind another ridiculously fast ride, only this time it's an actual drag racer driven by an actual race car driver, and it's setting NHRA electric vehicle quarter-mile records: the Current Eliminator V, driven by Dennis "Kilowatt" Berube, beat the old rec

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