mundo

An electric car could beat a Z06. Possibly a ZR1. Here is a You Tube of an electric car 'whooping' a Viper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm6gD6r3-cw

I'd love to get an old C4, gut the engine and turn it into an electric car with an 11" motor. It would whoop butt.

08 ATOMIC-Z

Its not the HP that makes you go fast its the torque. Electric motors are all torque.

ATC399

On/Off just like a light switch...OK OP I'll race you with my non Z 2008...200 mile endurance race...See Ya

wolfdogs

torque. period.

but the viper can leave the track and go anywhere he wants.

the electric needs to recharge.

FU

That electric car looks like a go-cart.

schmegeggie

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SilvrVette

For how long? I can gas up in a few minutes ... an electric car takes overnight. Figure a max range of 200 miles (much less if you get on it) so how do you think a 'lectric would fare at the 24 hours of Le Mans ???

It's all in base parameters you use in the comparison

C6ToGo

I think the Tesla Roadster is the one most seen. 0-60 in 3.7

ncvette_1FUNRIDE

You're just now finding this out?


So what? Who cares? If your sole purpose of buying a car is to be the fastest, then go get one ...........

FrankTank

nothing new to see here..move along

NYC6

How fast will that car be after an hour of driving? Bet not nearly as quick a minute after unplugging. Didnt they even trailer that car to the "test"?
Batteries lose power every 5 minutes they're driven. Is your cordless drill just as powerful after an hour of non stop use? Using a cordless drill every day at work how long does a nick-cad battery last before it wont take a full charge anymore and is much less powerful at driving long screws in hardwood., a year maybe?
My Corvette after 6 years and 40K miles is as fast as the day I bought it.
A test with a tesla done with a brand new, fully charged battery car doesnt impress me all that much.

NYC6

I'll keep my S/C'd C6, not to worried about this battery powered tinker toys perf #'s.
A new battery pack costs $36,000 and life expectancy is 7 years!
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Tesla began delivering the higher performance Sport version of the Roadster in July 2009. The Roadster Sport has adjustable dampers and a new hand-wound motor, capable of 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in 3.7 seconds.[86] Scotty Pollacheck, a high-performance driver for Killacycle, drove a 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport at the Wayland Invitational Drag Race in Portland, Ore., in July 2009. He did a quarter-mile (~400 m) in dry conditions in 12.643 seconds, setting a new record in the National Electric Drag Racing Association among the SP/A3 class of vehicles.[87] The EPA combined range (specifying distance traveled between charges) measured in February 2008 for early production Roadsters was 231 mi (372 km) city, 224 mi (360 km) highway, and 227 mi (365 km) combined (city/highway).[88] In August 2008, additional testing with the newer Powertrain 1.5 resulted in an EPA combined range of 244 mi (393 km).[9] The vehicle set a new distance record when it completed the 241-mile (388 km) Rallye Monte Carlo d'Energies Alternatives with 36 miles (58 km) left on the charge.[89]

Simon Hackett and Emilis Prelgauskas broke the distance record for an electric vehicle, driving 501 km (311 miles) from Alice Springs to Marla, South Australia, in Simon's Tesla Roadster. The car had about 4.8 km (three miles) of range left when the drive was completed.[90]

lastcowboy

would'nt laugh too much ...thats the next vette if the new ceo of gm has his way..

rz2mbc

may not be the new Vette ( hope not anyway ) but those cars are coming sooner than we care to admit....ideal for city travel

Drewstein

Everyone immediately forgets how pushing the technology in that environment equates to better cars for the rest of us.

Eventually there could be a 400hp Volt derived setup I would love to rock for example.

cclive

Let's road trip to Colorado!................oh, wait......

z28koda

Holy old video Batman!

I'm going to go get a Prius, load a horse trailer with batteries, attach it and whoop on every one!

slolane

Sure it will beat a Z but it won't touch a GS

JPN7075U

7000 laptop batteries at say $50 each and that's cheap. $350,000 in batteries. And the Viper or a Vette would suck the doors off after 100 mph. Not impressed.