Electric Vehicle Racing

Last year's Leaf overhaul delivered a huge range bump, more power and more torque than the all electric vehicle that preceded it. Nissan treated the world's best-selling electric car to a sporty makeover in July of this year, and has now revealed a powerful track variant called the Nismo RC.​

Nodding at the past while looking into the future, Chevy presents the eCOPO Camaro at SEMA 2018. Fifty years after the introduction of the original COPO Camaro, it takes the high-performance Camaro electric, dropping in a plug-and-play motor for more than 700 hp and 600 lb-ft of torque.

After a superb performance in qualifying, we thought the battery-powered Volkswagen had a good chance at beating the electric record at Pikes Peak. Turns out Romain Dumas and the VW team had their sights set even higher.

​Back in February, Electric GT Holdings Inc. confirmed that its Electric Production Car Series racing series had been sanctioned by the FIA. Now the first stripped down, race-ready Tesla P100DL has been delivered to a team in Barcelona, Spain – ahead of the race series debut in November.​

The power of electric motoring is on rude display at Pikes Peak again this year, with Volkswagen's 680-hp (507-kW) I.D. R setting a blistering qualifying time, 11 seconds clear of any other competitor, with reigning champion Romaine Dumas at the wheel.

The electric superbike class of the 2018 Tourist Trophy remained under Mugen's control, after the Japanese team secured its fifth straight win. Seasoned TT competitor Michael Rutter rode the Shinden Nana at a record-breaking pace, attracting attention to the TT Zero despite dwindling competition.

After getting the official green light from the FIA earlier this year for its Electric Production Car Series (EPCS), sports organizer Electric GT Holdings Inc. has announced a 10-race calendar for the inaugural season of the zero-emission vehicle racing championship.

Electric GT Holdings Inc. recently announced that its Electric Production Car Series has been sanctioned by the FIA, the governing body for world motorsport. In the series' first season, at least, all EPCS cars will be a modified version of the Tesla Model S P100D.

Having dropped the WEC last year, Audi has unveiled the car that will lead its motorsports involvement in the world of electric mobility. The FE04 will take to the track in the next Formula E season, making Audi the first big German manufacturer to have a factory offering in the burgeoning category.

At a relatively low price of US$37,495 before rebates, and with a range of 238 miles, the Bolt certainly has the potential to become one of the more popular EVs. With that in mind, GM recently invited us out to Detroit, to put the speedy little car through its paces on an autocross course.

An Australian company is working from scratch to build the biggest, baddest electric powertrain ever hooked up to a set of wheels. Top EV Racing is aiming to violently end the dominance of fire-breathing Top Fuel cars at the drag strip, and smash acceleration and landspeed world records to boot.

​Panoz, the American sports car manufacturer that's a key player in the Nissan-backed DeltaWing project, recently partnered with parent company Green4U Technologies to develop a new electric race car. Known as the GT-EV, plans call for it to compete in long-distance endurance races.