Ford’s latest hill climb monster to race to the clouds - FORD SuperVan vs. PIKES PEAK – packs a 1,400-horsepower payload.
Known to motorsport fans as “The Race to the Clouds,” the legendary Pikes Peak International Hillclimb sees competitors take on 12.5 miles of twisting mountain road with menacingly-named corners like Bottomless Pit, Ragged Edge and the Devil’s Playground.
Ford has been racing its vehicles to the top of Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountains since the first organized event...
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Electric racecar
VW ID.R SETS E-RECORD ON THE “RING!
The Volkswagen ID.R has achieved the fastest emission-free lap of all time - 6:05.336 minutes - on the most difficult race track in the world - Nürburgring-Nordschleife.
Romain Dumas in VW ID.R sets E-Record on the ‘Ring, beating the previous emission-free lap record by 40.564 seconds. Following the record on Pikes Peak and the e-record in Goodwood, this is the third record for the ID.R. Volkswagen has achieved another milestone in electro-mobility: The ID.R, powered by two electric motors, lap...
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GREEN4U/PANOZ: ELECTRIC RACECAR!
Don Panoz reveals his ‘plug-in and play’ Concepts for road & track at Le Mans.
Green4U Technologies, Inc., formed in 2016 to provide electric vehicles (EVs) and EV technologies, and Panoz, a Green4U company, today unveiled an all-electric racecar concept with the goal of delivering performance and range similar to internal combustion engine and hybrid powertrain racecars. And be able to compete in long-distance endurance races.
Chairman Don Panoz unveiled the new racecar concept this mo...
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