[bert]

Here is a very cool electric car with a motor on each wheel It does 400 kph and out drags a Porsche. The CEO of Mitsubishi was awed when it beat the best he could offer. There are a series of very very neat videos describing how this amazing car was built by university researchers with no car building experience.

http://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2009/01/japanese-electric-car-has-eight-weels-big-ambitions.html

[calex59]

Yes, I can understand how the instant torque that an electric motor supplies to the wheels could make for a very fast machine, especially on take off. However, you neglect to tell us how long this thing can run between charges and how does it get its electricity.