Racing

  • Tesla 'Silence the Track' video screen grab

    Ask the average NASCAR fan whether they think the sport should go electric, and the response probably wouldn't be repeatable in polite company. Fans of electric cars already know they can be fast and with success at events like Pikes Peak, they can win against gasoline vehicles too. But NASCAR is as much about the sound as it is the color, the racing and the speed, and the fans love it. But thanks to the 'Silence the track' video above (via Jalopnik), we have an idea of what electric NASCAR might be like. Quiet, is the answer. Even if it's difficult to tell just how quiet, since like the...

  • Nissan ZEOD RC electric race car live photos, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2013
    Electric Race Cars, From The Dragstrip To Pikes Peak (Photo Gallery)

    Electric cars are certainly becoming a more familiar sight on the roads these days, but in the ultra-competitive world of professional motor sport they're also beginning to get a foot-hold. Regular readers will be no stranger to many of these vehicles, tackling disciplines as diverse as crossing...

  • Tesla Roadster driven by Joe Nuxoll on Laguna Seca racetrack, Re:Fuel event, June 2013
    Tesla Model S, Roadster Break Electric-Car Lap Record At Laguna Seca

    In just a few years, the Re:Fuel racing event has become legendary among those who like their electric cars really, really fast. Two years ago, Joe Nuxoll set a new lap record for electric cars there (1:50.888), driving a completely standard Tesla Roadster. At this year's event, held at...

  • Formula E electric race car
    Formula E Electric Racing Schedule Confirmed For 2014

    The last venue for 2014's Formula E electric racing series has finally be confirmed, taking place in the German capital, Berlin. It's the tenth and final location set to host the new electric racing series, which will run from September 2014 until June 2015--the winter-based season avoiding clashes...

  • AMZ Racing Team's Formula Student electric racing car (Image: AMZ Racing Team)
    Electric Race Car Victorious In Student Motorsport Event

    Want to know where the next generation of race car engineers are going to come from? Chances are they'll have taken part in one of the many Formula Student at some point, open to student engineers all over the world with the aim of building and racing a single-seater racing car. This year--for the...

  • Bluebird DC50 electric sports car
    Famous Bluebird Name To Grace New Electric Sports Car

    Few names evoke speed more than Bluebird, a moniker associated with a long string of vehicles faster than any other on the planet. It seems right then that the family with whom those vehicles are most associated is to launch an electric sports car of the same name, at this year's Sustainable...

  • Mitsubishi MiEV Evolution II at the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

    News at the famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb was dominated by nine-times World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb's domination in the Peugeot 208 T16, setting a stunning time of 8:13.878 up the fully-paved mountain course. But further down the field, a host of electric entrants were equally impressive, the fastest setting a time that would have almost taken overall first position in last year's race. It's a mark of how quickly the electric challengers are improving. Mitsubishi made more waves this year, its new MiEV Evolution II replacing last year's entrant loosely based on the...

  • Audi R18 e-tron quattro, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2013
    Audi e-Tron Quattro Diesel Hybrid Race Car Wins Le Mans 24 Hours Race

    Audi has continued its dominant run at the world's most famous endurance race, winning the Le Mans 24 Hours on Sunday. The team's twelfth Le Mans victory is also the second for its hybrid race car, the R18 e-tron quattro. France's Loic Duval, Scotland's Allan McNish and Dane Tom Kristensen took the...

  • 2013 Tesla Model S
    Tesla Model S Performance: Fastest Electric Car (Video)

    The Tesla Model S Performance looks great on paper. Not only does the 85 kWh Model S have an impressive 265-mile EPA-rated range, but it'll do the benchmark 0-60 mph sprint in only 4.4 seconds. That means the all-electric luxury sport sedan from Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] is at least as fast as V-8...

  • Formula Ford 1.0 EcoBoost tackles the Nürburgring (Photo: Ford of Europe)
    Fast, Frugal, Fun: Ford 1.0 EcoBoost Laps Nurburgring In Race Car

    If a race car powered by a 1.0-liter, three-cylinder engine sounds like a cure for insomnia to you, then think again. When the tiny engine in question is Ford's high-tech 1.0-liter EcoBoost, and when the race car is a road-prepared Formula Ford single-seater--weighing under 1,100 lbs including the...

  • Areion 3-D printed race car (Image: Materialise)
    Want A Racy New Electric Car? Why Not Print One? (Video)

    3-D printing is perhaps one of the most exciting new technological developments of recent years. It could completely revolutionize the way products are made, allowing them to be printed at source in any color or shape you can think of. Areion's 3-D printed race car has been constructed using...

  • Formulec EF01 electric race car
    Formula E Electric Racing: Inaugural Season Set For 2014

    Just over a year ago, we told you about a call for entrants to formally apply to take part in a potential all-electric race car series called Formula E. Yesterday, the Federation Internatonale de l’Automobile confirmed the race series would go ahead, with the inaugural race season now...

  • Exagon_Furtive

    We've all experienced taxi drivers who think they're race car drivers, but Sabine Schmitz actually is. German racer and TV personality Sabine only recently hung up her 'Ring Taxi' driving gloves, a job that involved taking paying customers for the ride of their lives around the infamous Nürburgring Nordschleife, in a tire-smoking BMW M5. Her recent ride was a little quieter however--an electric Furtive eGT from French maker Exagon Motors. The Furtive eGT is nothing new, having appeared at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. As the video above suggests though, the car is slightly more than a...

  • Toyota Motorsports EV P002 Pikes Peak electric hill climb car
    Pikes Peak Hill Climb: Toyota, Mitsubishi Place Electric Cars In Top 10

    Over the weekend, the 90th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb took place, pushing cars and drivers to the limit on the 12.42-mile course. For years, the event has been dominated by purpose-built gasoline-powered hill climb cars, but at this year’s event two all-electric cars placed in the...

  • Mitsubishi i-MiEV Evolution crashes during Pikes Peak practice
    Mitsubishi 'i' Electric Cars At Pikes Peak Hill Climb

    If racing improves the breed, then the next generation of Mitsubishi's electric cars could be a significant step up from the humble Mitsubishi 'i' sold today. The 'i' itself is the focus of Mitsubishi's efforts at this year's Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, where a production-spec car and a...

  • Baja 2000 running
    Baja 1000 Goes Electric With New Solar-Powered Category

    The Sun Cup Challenge sounds like something you might find in a Mario Kart video game, next to the Mushroom Cup and Star Cup, but the reality is much more significant. This year, the Sun Cup Challenge is a competition within the mighty Baja 1000 race, where competitors tackle a thousand miles of...

  • Fassler, Lotterer, Treluyer celebrate their second straight Le Mans win - Anne Proffit photo
    Audi's Hybrid Race Car Wins Famous Le Mans 24-Hour Endurance Race

    Audi has taken an historic first victory for a hybrid vehicle at the Le Mans 24-Hour race, held at Circuit de la Sarthe in northern France. On the 80th running of the famous race, Audi took its 11th victory with the Audi R18 e-tron quattro, an all-wheel drive, hybrid race car showcasing the best of...

  • Nissan Leaf on track at Laguna Seca. Photo via MyNissanLeaf forum member nader.
    Want To Go Racing In Your Electric Car? Refuel 2012 Set For July 1

    It’s all very well reading about the electric exploits of hill-climbing all-electric race cars and the 0-60 times of purpose-built electric drag cars, but sometimes there’s no substitute for experiencing the joy of electric motorsport first hand. In a little over two weeks, that’s...

  • TMG EV P0002

    This year’s annual Pikes Peak hill climb is shaping up to be something pretty spectacular for electric vehicle fans. After last year’s race, which saw the all-electric Yokohama HER-02 set a new course with a time of 12 minutes and 20 seconds, we’ve seen official entries already tendered for 2012 from Mitsubishi, Monster Tajima and independents EVWest. Now Toyota has announced it too will enter an electric car into the iconic race as part of a joint project with Japanese company RK1, Inc. Meet TMG EV P002, the identical twin of the Toyota PV001 EV electric racing car which...

  • Mazda SKYACTIV technologies
    Mazda Goes Racing With Its New SkyActiv-D Efficient Diesel

    Mazda is no stranger to motorsport, with its MX-5 sports car one of the most-raced production cars in the world at grassroots level, and its high-profile victory in the 1991 Le Mans 24 Hours. That victory heralded the first--and only--for rotary power, and Mazda is set to innovate again by...

  • Driving hybrids and electrics in Gran Turismo 5
    Tree-Hugger? Nah, This Nissan Leaf Owner Hugs Corners, Beats Gas Cars

    There are some who might say the Nissan Leaf is a bit of a car for wimps. A hippy car. Or even a car for those who don't really think we should be driving cars at all. Tell that to the guys who take their Leafs to autocross events--and even beat those racing on internal combustion. Of course, the...

  • 2012 Toyota TS030 Le Mans Prototype
    Hybrid Toyota TS030 Makes Successful Le Mans Test Debut

    Resplendent in its new 'hybrid-blue' color scheme, Toyota's hybrid entry into this year's Le Mans 24 Hours has made a successful debut in testing. Toyota tested a pair of its TS030 Le Mans Prototypes at the Le Mans circuit. The #7 car of Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima completed the...

  • Mitsubishi i-MiEV Evolution Pikes Peak racer
    Mitsubishi Reveals Its Crazy Pikes Peak i-MiEV Electric Racer

    We've already brought you news of Mitsubishi's two challengers for this year's Pikes Peak hillclimb, but now the Japanese firm has revealed its purpose-built prototype, set to take to the stage on July 8. While a largely stock Mitsubishi i will be driven up the hill by Beccy Gordon, racing-driver...

  • EV West's electric BMW M3
    EV West Enters Electric BMW M3 In Pikes Peak Hillclimb

    It isn't just big manufacturers like Nissan and Mitsubishi that enter the famous Pikes Peak hill climb in Colorado--plenty of individuals and independent teams take part each year too. This year, Electric Vehicle West, or EV West, is entering a converted electric car into the event, based on a...

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