Shelby SuperCars (SSC), the company behind the world’s fastest production car , has announced plans to launch an electric supercar that is four times as powerful as the Tesla Roadster later this year. The Ultimate Aero EV will feature the firms proprietary All-Electric Scalable Powertrain, the AESP, containing twin electric motors capable of an incredible 1,000

HP (735 Kw) and 800 lb-ft (1083.42 NM) of torque. According to SSC, this should enable acceleration from 0-60 mph in a breathtaking 2.5 seconds and a top speed of 208 mph . Read more of this story »

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SSC to Launch World’s Most Powerful Electric Car in 2009