Peugeot EX1 smashes records
23/09/2010 11:43
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Peugeot EX1 smashes records
Peugeot's electric EX1 model has broken a series of world records after being tested in France.
The concept car set six new acceleration records for a vehicle weighing less than 1000kg at the Montlhery circuit in France on Tuesday (September 21st).
It broke the quarter mile, 500m and 1km speed records - held since 1971 by the Opel GT Electric in 1971 - before setting new speed records over an eighth of a mile, half a mile and a mile.
Peugeot notes that the performance demonstrates the potential of its electric vehicles, since the EX1 has greater acceleration than a supercar.
"The instantaneous maximum torque produced by an electric motor is what provides the record breaking performance of the EX1 - a strength which is not found in conventional internal combustion engined vehicles," the manufacturer notes.
The model will be on public display at the Peugeot showroom on the Champs-Elysees in Paris between September 22nd and November 14th.
Peugeot is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year, but produced its first vehicle in 1891.
