Battery powered Dragsters

[Lloyd]

http://www.currenteliminator.net/eliminators.htm



Current Eliminator III

Chassis: Fast Lane Products
Wheel Base: 197"
Wheel Track: (unknown)
Weight: 1175 pounds
Motor: 21 Hp series-wound DC motor
Transmission: 4-speed manual
Batteries: 28, 12-volt deep-cycle batteries
Controls: 1200-amp, 336-volt PWM controller
Body/Paint: Precision Truck Painting



    Christmas came a few days late for Dennis "Kilowatt" Berube, but he couldn't be happier. Rewarding Dennis for all his hard work on Current Eliminator V, Santa Claus delivered a new world record! Catapulted by its new Altairnano lithium-titanate batteries, Dennis piloted the dragster to a new, official time of  7.956 seconds at 159.85 miles per hour. It was Sunday, December 30th at Southwestern International Raceway in Tucson, Arizona. Having just set a new, unofficial record two weeks earlier, all eyes were on Dennis Berube as he shaved time off his ETs run by run. Amazingly, the very best is yet to come, as conditions would not allow for the true power of the dragster to be let loose. Once again, here's the official press release...

    Altairnano-Powered Dragster Sets New EV World Record http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/ResLibraryView.asp?ResLibraryID=22866&GoTopage=1&BzID=546&Category=987

[billswan]

Interesting company and battery,  flow this link http://www.altairnano.com/profiles/investor/fullpage.asp?f=1&BzID=546&to=cp&Nav=0&LangID=1&s=0&ID=11304 and watch the utube video.

Billswan