was checking out datsun's with monster donks in them doing burnouts when I happened across this vid of an electric datson 1200 sedan, you guys probably already seen it but just in case.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=369h-SEBXd8&feature=related

enjoy :)

If youre good with electrics or know of someone who can help
you can build a very powerful and economical letricDatto
however paying for the batteries will be like paying for fuel
you use in the future but it all pays itself many times over
with reliability, less servicing and cost per miles.

yer that's the sedan I raced with my sedan.

Batteries can last up to 10 years, so no need to replace them regularly.

See Electric
White Zombie

Very interesting video, amazing acceleration.

Funny though how you don't need to wear a seat belt like you do in a petrol car..........

Godddam I want to make my Wagon lekky!
I still hope to one day...

I'd Highly reccomend a Doco called Who Killed the Electric Car?It's still a little known fact that 100 years ago there were more electric cars than petrol.
Its sad to think where the world would be today had they continued with this technology on the same scale as petroleum based. I hoped the gulf crisis would wake some people up, but unfortunately we still live in the same world that turned its back on great minds like Nikola Tesla (well worth reading into this guy if you haven't heard about him).

One reason (perhaps the main one) why there were more electric cars back then is that the silencer/muffler was not invented until about 20 years after the petrol-powered car.

Imagine how loud those early cars were.

After that, electrics declined and gasoline ascended. Cheap fuel, long range.

Ah Nikola Tesla, the man who invented the 20th century.Some of the things he invented included 3 phase AC, the neon light, calculated the frequency that would destroy the Earth, wanted to make the world an enormous battery, could have been the person behind the Tanguska explosion, but best of all, was the sworn enemy of Thomas Edison & Marconi, who stole his patents on radio. As an example, in 1895 Tesla sailed a remote control sailboat around the boat pond in Central Park. It had an electric motor, the rigging worked & most amazing of all, the batteries were on the shore & all power was beamed to the boat using radio waves. Imagine if this guy had gotten behind the electric car. Instead he concentrated on making controllable lightning & a laser so he could write his name on the moon.

Nowadays our "great minds" tell us the earth is doomed, and there is no god...well thanks Mr. Hawkings but that info is about as useful as Windows Troubleshooter.

There is a theory that Tesla's experimentation with harnessing energy from the ionosphere is being used by the US govt. to manipulate weather patterns among other sinister things: HAARP

With the passing of about 110 years since the electric car first became popular the main problems still remain.

Range.
This is not the electric car's strong point.
Here in Australia many people drive distances that will quickly tax the charge in the battery.
It's not uncommon for me to drive 450k in a day just visiting a few friends in the big smoke.
EDIT
In the video it was shown that it took up to 20 minutes to top up the batteries after a single [full power] pass down the strip. It makes me wonder how long to top it up after a moderately long climb over a mountain pass with a passenger on board.

Weight.
Any battery with the capacity to deliver good performance & range in a family size car will impose a substantial weight penalty.

Charge time.
Overnight is regarded as good, but not everybody can be home every night. In many cases the vehicle can be in use during the time that it would normally be on charge.
I can refuel my 'normal' car in five minutes & it's good to go.

Cost.
Batteries that provide the upper end of performance & range don't come cheap. Hell, the wet cell battery in my little 1200 costs about $120, so it scares me to think of what one that would fill the whole engine bay would cost.

So in order for electric cars to rule the earth they need a light, compact, cheap, almost everlasting, high performance battery that can be recharged in less than ten minutes.

Using the historic rate of progress as a guide, the world will run out of electricity before that happens.

Incidentally, this is Thomas Edison beside his Detroit Electric sometime around 1910. He was experimenting with batteries but did not find the breakthrough that he was seeking.
[Thats his autograph in the bottom right of the picture]

Awsome ,ive got a petrol one of these this opens up a whole new chapter in the uk