Japan made the world's fastest electric car

Researchers at Tokyo's Keio University have unveiled an eight-wheeled electric car that reaches speeds of up to 370 kilometers per hour, arguably the fastest-growing electric car in the world. The current.

Picture 1 of Japan made the world's fastest electric car The Eliica electric vehicle was co-sponsored by researchers at Keio University and the Japanese government's scientific research promotion programs, sponsored by renowned tire maker Bridgestone. , fabricated.

This is the first electric accelerator that has never been seen before. In just 4.2 seconds, Eliica has achieved speeds of 0 to 100 km / h and up to six seconds has reached speeds of 160 km / h. Eliica's maximum test speed has reached 370 km / h, similar to the take-off velocity or speed of the professional gasoline race cars and from which Eliica has been honored as a car. fastest power in the world.

Currently, Eliica is being tested on all roads in Japan and researchers are planning to market only a few Eliica in the near future.

Hiroichi Yoshida, director of the Eliica Electric Vehicle Development Project, said: "We originally planned to provide only this type of electric vehicle to some particularly affluent customers. The commercially available Eliica will be equipped with a regular gasoline engine. Eliica's prices will fall sharply in the future and may reach many hands.

Yoshida said the Eliica was powered by lithium batteries with a very cheap price of about 1 yen per kilometer. Eliica's initial price will be about 30 million yen, or about $ 260,000, and now there are about 100 customers willing to pay immediately to get this great car.

Yoshida has pursued projects to manufacture electric cars for the past 25 years, and Eliica is now his favorite car ever. It is unclear in the next few years that Yoshida will also produce other types of high-end electric vehicles.

THIEN TRANG ( AFP )