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2012 ECEDRS Drag Racing & Car Show Series Schedule
“The East Coast Electric Drag Racing Series” ECEDRS Palm Beach Burnout! EV Drag Racing Event will be held on April , 2012 Palm Beach International Raceway (Formerly Moroso Motorsports Park) 17047 Beeline Hwy. Jupiter, FL EV Motorsports Racing! $$$ Purse $$$ EV Drag Racing Event held on May , 2012 Virginia Motorsports Park 8018 [...]
CAR DELAY FORCES EVCUP TO PULL THE PLUG ON 2011 RACE SERIES LAUNCH
London (October 7, 2011) – Organisers of the EVCUP, the world’s first zero emission circuit electric car race series, have been forced to pull the plug on their plans to start racing in California at the end of this year.
Toyota Massacred Previous EV Lap Record at Nürburgring
To say that Toyota has smashed the EV lap record, at the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit really is an understatement. The record had been previously held by Peugeot’s EX1 concept car, with an impressive time of, 9:01.338. However, even before Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) hit German soil, they claimed that testing showed that they could better [...]
Toyota to Break Nürburgring EV Lap Record!
Nothing spurs on innovation of technology like racing. In this case it’s a record chasing event that Toyota is set on. Records are meant to be broken, and Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) intends to use their developed two-seater sports car chassis, fitted with TMG’s exclusive EV technology, which has a top speed of 260km/h and [...]
EVCUP to Unveil iRACER at EcoVelocity
The team behind the EVCUP, the world’s first circuit racing series exclusively featuring zero-emission electric vehicles, has announced it will be unveiling the iRACER, at next month’s EcoVelocity low-carbon motor festival at London’s Battersea Power Station. The race series organisers will reveal the definitive look and specifications of the iRACER, a track focused electric vehicle, [...]
Lola and Drayson Racing announce electric race car collaboration
Lola Cars International Ltd and Drayson Racing Technologies LLP today announce the formation of an official partnership that will initially deliver an all-electric prototype race car, the Lola-Drayson B12/69EV. Lola Cars will have responsibility for developing the racing car chassis and Drayson Racing will have responsibility for developing the electric drivetrain. The new project aims [...]
EV Cup Switches Start to USA
LONDON (May 20, 2011) – The EV Cup, the world’s first racing series exclusively featuring zero-emission electric vehicles, will now start in the United States in November rather than in the UK this summer as originally planned. The series will start with two race events in California, at Laguna Seca in November and at Auto [...]
REFUEL- Clean Power Motorsports Event at Laguna Seca
So you have spent some time tweaking stuff here and there on your EV, you know how it accelerates, but not too sure on how things are running full out? Well here is your chance to see if your motor, controller, and batteries are up to the challenge of the MAZDA Raceway Laguna Seca in [...]
EVCUP Racing
Its not that long ago really that some friends and I where wondering if we would ever see electric car racing on a track, other than the known electric drag racing in the United States. Well, we don’t have to wonder for very long, it’s here. Paul Drayson a British politician, businessman, and race car [...]
The Nissan LEAF NISMO RC
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (April 17, 2011) – The name on the back panel, just under the massive adjustable rear wing, says Nissan LEAF™. The powertrain is an 100% zero emission advanced Lithium-ion battery design, just like that found on the world’s first affordable mass market electric vehicle. And despite its lack of rear doors, rear seat, [...]











