Think eco-friendly, electric vehicles are slow, weak and boring? Think again.

Killajoule, the world’s fastest electric motorcycle, recently achieved a top speed of 241.901 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats. It’s actually the fastest sidecar motorcycle of any type. Then there’s the growing number of electric vehicles dominating the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race. And, the Buckeye Bullet from the Ohio State University is a four-wheeled electric that has topped 300 mph.

The truth is, electric vehicles have some great advantages over gas engines. They have more torque, and can leave other muscle cars in the dust from a dead stop. So, the slow and boring image is actually quite unfair.

Want to know more about electric vehicles? This excellent post from cartalk.com has the lowdown on electric vehicles past, present and future:

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