Rocket EV Electric Bike Sets a New Quarter-Mile Record (201 MPH in 6.94 Seconds)
May 10th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
One of the advantages to driving an electric vehicle is all the torque --- you get off the line super fast. Where that has typically started to go ever so slightly downhill for the average EV drag racer is in sustaining a quicker top speed than drivers in a conventional gas-powered vehicle for an entire quarter mile. This is no longer quite the case.