IT has taken the advent of the electric vehicle to really show what can be done on four wheels with sheer acceleration.
Off to a flying start since 2021 has been the Tesla Model S, good for a mal dash from zero to hero in just under two seconds.
That’s more than enough to wedge your passengers into the seats and cause more than mild alarm. Nothing else on four wheels previously accelerated quite like this.
Yes, until a group of 20 students at Stuttgart University, the Green Team, hand-built a little 173kg all-wheel drive EV last year.
They shattered the Guinness World Record for acceleration with a blistering, but unnervingly quiet, zero to 100km/h in 1.461 seconds.
It’s just further proof of the incredible potential in electric powertrains, the…
