There has been much talk lately about super cars and their abilities to perfectly fit in the urban scenario. They are economic, small and compact, offer the needed comfort to take you to your workplace and back home and are usually seen in Asia. But how about an electric car that will fit right on the race track? How about Imperial College's electric supercar, which has completed two laps of the M25 highway on a single charge? Now, this sounds like fun and practicality.

Students at the London Imperial College have taken the chassis of an SR8 from Radical Sportscars and made an electric-powered vehicle they call SRZERO.

Their machine has broken the current record for distance traveled by an electric car on the M25 and above that, it has racing abilities that will probably change the way you think about electric-powered automobiles. SRZERO covered 250 miles (400 km) in the two laps of M25 and this is twice as much as the previous record.

How did the Imperial College Racing Green Endurance team manage such performances? Simple, by mounting two lightweight motors designed by EVO Electrics on the SR8.

The 1,100 kg car is able to reach a top speed of 200 km/h, can go from 0 to 100 km/h in 7 seconds and, on a full charge, will drive for 200 miles or more than 300 km, if you prefer. You must think that these engines will take an eternity to fully charge, now that you've heard the specs of the supercar SRZERO, but let me “disappoint” you by telling you that it will only take six hours. Not that bad, is it?

Gizmag says the Imperial College team that built it will take their super EV on the Pan American highway, which happens to be the longest road on Earth, in order for their invention to be the first electric car to conquer it.


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