Sunday, April 8, 2012

Wow, electric motosport! Hiroshi Masuoka takes i-MiEV while Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima takes APEV


Mitsubishi i-MiEV to rely on a special design with a model that will be driven by a single crew of Hiroshi Masuoka, the legendary rally driver ever to win the Dakar Rally 2002 and 2003 with the Pajero. To the success of this project, it took the vendor suppliers of Mitsubishi batteries, electric motors and other components with special specifications.

Still from the plains of Japan, the team of APEV (Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles) in collaboration with Sports Monster creates a custom automobile that incorporates the design of the muzzle of F1 cars and Le Mans. Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima champion six times and breaking his own record at Pikes Pike event will be driver.

While from the other branches, drifting, also the coming of the electric car team, All Electric Drift Car (AEDC) product of the Responsible Quimera Racing, Barcelona, Spain. The car that will be unveiled in October 2012 is expected to blow away the power between 200-270 PS. Power is also supplied from a lithium iron phosphate with a cruising range of 240 km. Acceleration 0-100 km / h can be reached in just 3.2 seconds.

Electric cars are now beginning to develop the wing began to explore the world of motorsport. Of the Pikes Peak International Hill event Climb - annual race up the mountain road to the 4300 meters high - that will be held next July in Colorado, there were two teams that are preparing their flagship product, the Mitsubishi and APEV Monster Sport.