http://insideevs.com/tesla-model-s-compete-first-time-ever-pikes-peak-hill-climb/ Tesla Model S To Compete For First Time Ever At Pikes Peak Hill Climb May 20th 2016 Mark Kane
[images http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/PikeTestDay2-18-750x382.jpg Pikes Peak Int. Hill Climb (monument) http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/123-1-750x223.png 2016 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (100th Anniversary & 94th) - Running Entry List http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/123-750x216.png link http://www.ppihc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016-PPIHC-Competitor-List.pdf Running Entry List ] The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb will see its first ever entry of a Tesla Model S for 2016. The P90D version of the Tesla sedan will be the only EV contender in the production class this year. The car is brought by Blake Fuller, founder and CEO of Go Puck wearable battery packs. There is not much details about the Model S itself, but some sources suggest that the battery will be slightly modified/lighter. Although for us, we are not sure whether this modification will ultimately keep the Model S in the production class. “Fuller wants to break the 13 minute record in the Electric Production class and in order to do so, he developed a new battery pack for his Model S which is 80 per cent lighter than the factory one. Details are scarce at the moment but we understand that the lighter battery pack will have a significantly smaller capacity, since having a long driving range doesn’t really matter in racing (as long as the car passes the finishing line).” In 2014, a Honda Fit EV was able to do 12 minutes and 55.591 seconds, so one assumes the Model S will have little effort setting a new record (modifications or not). As for the racing cars, like last year’s winner – the eO PP03, it did the job in 9 minutes and 7.222 seconds. Five electric cars and five electric motorcycles seem to be present in 2016, with two heavy weight e0PP100 and Tajima-Rimac entries ... [© insideevs.com] ... http://www.autoblog.com/2016/05/20/tesla-model-s-pikes-peak-international-hill-climb/ Tesla Model S will run up Pikes Peak International Hill Climb May 20th 2016 Last year, Rhys Millen became the first racer to win the hill climb with an all-electric vehicle. In 2015, Millen set an electric-vehicle record in the race with a time of ... http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2015-tesla-model-s-p85d-detroit-2015/ ... http://www.carscoops.com/2016/05/tesla-model-s-to-compete-for-first-time.html Tesla Model S To Compete For The First Time In Pikes ... May 18, 2016 - A specially prepared Tesla Model S is going to enter the Electric Production class in the legendary Pikes Peak Hill Climb. This is the first time ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Tesla-Model-S-EV-To-Compete-For-First-Time-Ever-At-Pikes-Peak-Hill-Climb-in-CO-tp4682233.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
