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Old 08-30-2013, 04:04 PM   #65 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kach22i View Post
For the final assault on the speed record,the EV-1 crew installed an extra "six-pack" battery pack where the passenger seat would have been, to increase the supply voltage to the inverter.
So we'd have to massage the motor horsepower upwards to reflect the higher voltage.
Still,it must be quite embarrassing to performance (oxymoron) car owners to see a n-t-shriveling EV out-speed some big iron.
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