This video of a hyper-modified VW Beetle with two electric motors and 1200 ft-lb of torque racing to an 11.24 second quarter-mile victory over a Tesla Roadster has everything — except engine noise. Jalopnik
Black Current III is the work of brothers Olly and Sam Young and is a 1960s Beetle powered by two forklift truck motors and 60 12-volt batteries.
The project started six years ago when the brothers got hold of an abandoned milk float and mated its motor to an engine-less Beetle. Pistonheads.com
This video demonstrates the car’s capabilities. A 0-to-60 MPH time around 3.0 seconds and a quarter-mile run of 11.24 seconds at 114 MPH is high-dollar sports car territory. It handily outpaces the Tesla Roadster doing the same run, and it’s easy to point and laugh but it’s only fair to point out the Bug is a custom built drag racer complete with a full roll cage, tubbed rear end and virtually no creature comfort. Jalopnik
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