{"id":3398,"date":"2016-03-11T21:43:39","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T13:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/?p=3398"},"modified":"2016-03-11T21:43:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T13:43:39","slug":"move-over-tesla-the-fastest-street-legal-ev-is-now-a-corvette-z06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/move-over-tesla-the-fastest-street-legal-ev-is-now-a-corvette-z06\/","title":{"rendered":"Move over Tesla: the fastest street-legal EV is now a Corvette Z06"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When you think of fast electric vehicles, the Tesla Model S and its \u201cLudicrous Mode\u201d probably come to mind, and rightly so. With the equivalent of 762 horsepower in the Model S P90D and a 0 to 60 mph time of just 2.8 seconds, few supercars could even match the electric sedan\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n

But what about top speed? That\u2019s been a tough nut to crack for electric vehicle manufacturers because while instant torque helps an EV rocket off the line, all that \u201celectric juice\u201d runs thin as the runway gets longer. That\u2019s where Genovation Cars comes in.<\/p>\n

The EV tuner took a 2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and turned it into the \u201cGenovation eXtreme Electric,\u201d or GXE for short. While testing the reborn \u2018vette at the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds\/Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida, Genovation brought the sports car to a top speed of 186.8 mph. While even the regular Corvette can manage that feat these days, in the world of street-legal EVs, that figure is massive. In fact, it was nearly 10 mph quicker than the previous record holder at 177 mph.<\/p>\n

Watch the video on Genovation\u2019s Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The new record was certified by the International Mile Racing Association and the vehicle has earned the official title of, \u201cTop Speed Street Legal Electric Car.\u201d<\/p>\n

The GXE capitalized on the Corvette Z06\u2019s light body as a platform to incorporate an innovative electric powertrain good for over 700 hp and 600 pound-feet of torque. Genovation claims the prototype has a 50:50 weight distribution and a range of 130 miles during \u201cnormal driving operation.\u201d I\u2019m guessing drag racing doesn\u2019t fall under that category.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled that the result of our development testing led to the setting of this record. Based on our experience so far, we believe the car to be extremely robust as we set the record on our first day of testing,\u201d said Genovation CEO Andrew Saul. The company added that its work on the GXE isn\u2019t finished and it expects the EV to reach higher levels of performance very soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This article is taken from\u00a0here. When you think of fast electric vehicles, the Tesla Model S and its \u201cLudicrous Mode\u201d probably come to mind, and rightly so. With the equivalent of 762 horsepower in the Model S P90D and a 0 to 60 mph time of just 2.8 seconds, few supercars could even match the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6477"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}