Nemesis electric car breaks UK land-speed record

#Nemesis electric car breaks UK land-speed record.

Designed and built entirely in the UK, the Nemesis race car clocked an average speed of 151mph yesterday at Elvington airfield. The car was driven by Nick Ponting, 21, from Gloucestershire, who beat the previous record of 137mph set by Don Wales, the grandson of speed ace Sir Malcolm Campbell, 10 years ago. "This is brilliant," said Dale Vince, the brainchild behind the car and founder of Stroud based green electricity company, Ecotricity. "We built the Nemesis to smash the stereotype of electric cars as something Noddy would drive – slow, boring, not cool – and I think we've done exactly that today. "Hopefully this will further stimulate debate about the future of transport in Britain and how we'll be getting around when the world runs out of oil. What we've been able to demonstrate is that wind-powered cars are not just feasible, but can be a load of fun." Powered entire...

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