electric car drag race Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 18:39:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Tesla Model S P85D vs Snowmobile Drag Race on Ice https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-p85d-vs-snowmobile/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-p85d-vs-snowmobile/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2015 04:55:42 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=53773 We know that the Tesla Model S P85D is insanely fast, but just how fast is it really?  The numbers speak for themselves – 0 to 60mph (100kph) in 3.4 seconds, a top speed of 250 kph (155 mph), 515kW (691 hp) of power, and 930Nm (685 ft-kb) of torque. These all sound impressive, but […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-p85d-vs-snowmobile/feed/ 1 53773 Porsche 911 Turbo Beaten by Eliica EV in Japanese Drag Race https://www.greenoptimistic.com/porsche-911-turbo-eliica-ev-20100607/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/porsche-911-turbo-eliica-ev-20100607/#respond Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:28:31 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7905 Remember the Eliica electric car? This ugly 2.4-ton Japanese vehicle is shown how it does a Porsche 911 Turbo. The Porsche hangs in with the Eliica up to 95 km/h, but it's left more than 2 seconds behind when the EV reaches 150 km/h.

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