Electric Dragster World Speed Record
By Frank Williams January 2, 2008 Fox Business – reports that a lithium-titanate-powered dragster has set a new electric vehicle speed record for the quarter mile. Dennis “Kilowatt” Berube drove the Current Eliminator V into history on Sunday. The Eliminator clocked-in with a 7.963-second quarter mile run, during which man and machine reached 160.65 mph. Berube actually broke the record twice. Earlier in the same day, he bested the current. . . CONTINUE