Fastest Electric Sports Car and Motorbikes (including hybrids):Which High Performance Cars and Motorcycles are out there?
The typical picture of an electric car is one that looks like a egg-carton and goes like a tortoise!
In this section I'm going to look at the fastest and prettiest electric sports cars.
The only problem is how old will I be before I can afford one?
So, "Fast" and Electric Car don't sound like they hang together but electric motors have excellent torque characteristics for getting a vehicle moving.
The problem is keeping up the performance and getting a decent range.
Right - because we're dealing with stuff that we drool over, the fatsest electric cars around!!! - I've decided to include stuff that's already on the road, stuff that has a couple of years to come out AND stuff that someone made in their own backyard but really looks the part.
 The Tango 600 - This is the first exotic (!!!) Electric sports car off the blocks.
Available now. Famous for George Clooney owning one.
While it may look beyond weird in a squashed sort of way, you might also notice that it goes from 0 - 60 MPH in 4 SECONDS.
One second, they are all laughing at you at the lights - and the next - WAS THAT A UFO??? It could'nt be a car - no exhaust roar!
The Tesla Roadster - Powered by thousands of laptop batteries.
It might not go forever (50 - 200 miles in a charge) OR not be the cheapest car around (100,000 euro in Europe) - BUT it can go from 0 -60MPH in 3.8 SECONDS!!!
That's Ferrari ++ speed. And look at those sweet looks.
Woops - HOW did that get in here????
Well, it might help us appreciate the serious good looks of some of the other cars.
Looks like we're entering SERIOUS James Bond Territory here.
The Electric Lighting GT moves like lightning - but more importantly - it LOOKS the part. This is the UK's answer to the Tesla electric sports car with an Aston Martin styling.
0-60mph in 4 seconds (there seems to be a thing with 4 second acceleration and Electric Cars!) Now available to - ahem! - pre-order.
 Wow! - I think I'm in love. We're really in SUPERCAR territory now.
This is the Shelby Ultimate Aero EV may be more a concept at this stage (due for production at the end of 2009).
I dont know how anyone would contest that this isn't an electric sports car, just look at it!
Don't know the specs just yet, but it's internal combustion brother holds the world record for production car speed (411.76km/h) so it should be BLISTERING!
The All-Electric Mini. I always liked the look of this car - and now there is an Electric Version.
Only a few, mind you - about 500 - and only on lease. The mark 1 version did 0-60MPH in about 4 secs.
So, that's serious performance in my book!
And finally - for now - if you want to see what EVs are really capable of, let's go away from production.
The US National Electric Drag Racing association (Nedra) is 10 years old and has been hosting Drag racing for EVs all that time.
This pic shows Dennis "Kilowatt" Berube with Current Elimator - he did 8.10 Seconds @ 153.6 mph!!! Forget the Tesla, these truly are the fastest electric cars around.
Finally, finally - have to mention KillaCycle - the fastest electric vehicle of all time - who did the quarter mile in 7.8 seconds!
Right - that's it for now - come back soon to see more wild and exotic Electric Vehicles.
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