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Wed 26 June 2013 View all news
A lightweight electric car has broken the world land speed record. The car, designed and driven by Drayson Racing Technologies achieved the feat at a racetrack at RAF Elvington in Yorkshire.
Chief executive - and former Government minister - Lord Drayson who drove the Lola B12 69/EV vehicle to hit a top speed of 204.2mph (328.6km/h) said the achievement was designed to highlight electric vehicle technology's potential. The previous 175mph record was set by Battery Box General Electric in 1974. Drayson Racing was founded in 2007 by Paul Drayson, who was then Minister of Science in the last Labour government. The firm, based in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, works with others to develop more sustainable automotive technologies and uses motorsport competitions as a means to focus its efforts.
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