E=Motion record breaking car
Now on show in the National Motor Museum, the E=Motion is the current record holder of the UKs fastest electric car and is the brainchild of UK engineers, Mark Newby and Colin Fallows. The bright orange, 10m-long (32ft) ABB e=motion car is powered by variable speed drives and two 37kW motors.
It does not have any mechanical gears. Instead, E=motion has been designed using drive technology from electrical engineering firm ABB, which allows for rapid acceleration. The car has four packs of 52 lead-acid batteries which power its two motors.