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Forget the Prius and similar vehicles, this is truly insane.
http://www.caradvice.com.au/386305/drag ... shaw-w507/

May not have a soundtrack to compete with the V8's, but from a traffic light getaway it's unbelievable.
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Interesting indeed.

V8 supertaxi's don't make for the best drag racing cars, they just aren't geared/setup for it.

There is a guy racing an escort converted to electronic drive and is wining his class here in NZ. Supposed to be reasonably quick.
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yeah I agree, im not sure how that tesla accelerates after 100, but I worked out from logs that my car when doing a 10.54 quarter mile is around 3 seconds on the dot 0-100km, so it would have to be a 10 second car or very close to it for sure!

that said I'd prefer the v8 supercar sound any day hehe!
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pretty unreal, the torque is insane on electric engines 713 ftlb on this car and 2.8sec 0-100, it does a 10.9 on the quarter, not bad for something that weights 2100kg and looks much like a standard family car. Id also note though tthat tesla is 4wd so has start advantage over both other cars, but still just as fast.

http://www.teslamotors.com/models
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electric motors. maximum torque at 0 rpm
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Top video, very well produced
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