Let those who doubt the sporting potential of electric vehicles gaze in awe upon the Team Yokohama EV Challenge Racer. This eco-friendly open-wheeled racer scaled Pikes Peak in a record-setting 12 minutes and 20 seconds.
This is very impressive, folks.
Not only did Ikuo Hanawa shave 57 seconds off the record-setting time he posted in the electric [...]
Source: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/06/dont-tell-this-guy-evs-are-slow/