DIY BMW beats Roadster

[JRP3]

Our buddy CroDriver beats a Tesla Roadster in his BMW conversion:

 

[Jaff]

Let's see him take on the White Zombie...probably be a good race!

 

[JRP3]

He's not quite ready for Zombie, yet.

 

[DaveD]

By the time he is ready for the White Zombie, it'll still beat him. The WZ team is busy working on breaking into the 9's. I watched them pull a 10.2 a couple of weeks ago, and they've still got plenty of stuff to tweak and tune.

 

[mpt]

Check out his youTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/CroDriver#p/u/1/iOo1TnWKVCg

This is really great stuff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOo1TnWKVCg

Great soundtrack too

 

[JRP3]

Yes, not only can he make a cool EV he makes great videos as well.

 

[JRP3]

More coverage:

 

[JRP3]

New article on the BMW
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/01/900hp-bmw-ev-conversion-just-keeps-getting-better/

 

[dpeilow]

VST Conversions BWM EV gets faster, lighter, more powerful Autoblog Green

 

[JRP3]

Takes on a BMW M6 and a Porsche 911

Another cool video

 

[dpeilow]

Frankfurt Auto Show electric supercar debut foreshadowed by e-miglia entrant Autoblog Green

 

[doug]

Discussion of Mate's supercar is over here: Rimac Automobili

 

[tdelta1000]

It's a one-off but still cool that someone can produce his own EV rocket ship.

 

[Tech26]

If he would stop burning out for the first 100 feet off the line he'd have better acceleration. Maybe the next evolution of his BMW will have launch control to lessen the wheel spin.

 

[tdelta1000]

who knew that the E30 "Green Machine" would spawn Rimac Automobilie. Tesla Motors has inspired a new group Nikola Teslas across the world.