FOXNews.com: "Nemesis" sets speed record

FOXNews.com FOX News Network - We Report. You Decide. // via fulltextrssfeed.com

"Nemesis" sets speed record Sep 27th 2012, 18:53 A battery-powered sports car which started life as a Lotus bought on eBay has broken the UK electric car land speed record - topping 150mph. The Nemesis, a heavily-modified Lotus Exige, reached a landmark 151mph over two runs of the one-mile course at Elvington Airfield near York. Driver Nick Ponting also managed to help the Nemesis hit its new top speed - a whopping 153.022mph over a quarter-mile stretch at just before noon today. Read: Hennessey planning record run for 275 mph Venom GT supercar The previous electric car land speed record was 137mph, set by Don Wales, the grandson of legendary racer Sir Michael Campbell, in the Bluebird Electric. Dale Vince, the founder of green electricity firm Ecotricity, bought Nemesis on the online auction site for $16,000 two-and-a-half years ago. The self-confessed "hippie" then spent $1.2 million on modifications to the motor, including stretching the chassis, moving the center of gravity forward and installing a carbon fiber battery box - not to mention new bodywork. Click here for more from The Sun

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions