The White Lightning was the world's fastest
electric car
An electric car, battery electric car, or all-electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using only energy stored in batteries. Compared to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, electric cars are quie ...
. On October 22, 1999, the car set a world land speed record for an electric-powered vehicle of over a distance of one mile at the
Bonneville Salt Flats race track near
Wendover, Utah.
Two electric motors with controllers and a complex 420 volt battery pack consisting of 6,120 nickel-metal hydride, AA sized batteries power the car. The two 150-kilowatt (201 hp) rated motors provide roughly the equivalent of 400 hp (298 kilowatts). Dempsey's World Record Associates (DWRA) built the car, which
Pat Rummerfield, known as the first fully recovered
quadriplegic in the world, drove to world records.
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In October 2003, the Buckeye Bullet surpassed White Lightning's record. The Buckeye Bullet again surpassed the White Lightning's record in October 2004, increasing the electric record to .
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References
Electric land speed record cars
Streamliner cars
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