{"id":470943,"date":"2022-07-05T20:02:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T17:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/check-out-this-drag-racing-vw-beetle-ev-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T20:02:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T17:02:24","slug":"check-out-this-drag-racing-vw-beetle-ev-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/check-out-this-drag-racing-vw-beetle-ev-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Check Out This Drag Racing VW Beetle EV \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af4ccce424f7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af4ccce424f7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/check-out-this-drag-racing-vw-beetle-ev-review-geek\/#%E2%80%9CCheck_Out_This_Drag_Racing_VW_Beetle_EV_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Check Out This Drag Racing VW Beetle EV \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCheck_Out_This_Drag_Racing_VW_Beetle_EV_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Check Out This Drag Racing VW Beetle EV \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-122305\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/07\/6cdc761e.png?width=1200\" alt=\"The VW Beetle EV on a drag racing track.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UoFbG4ayg7U\">The Late Brake Show<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While it may sound a bit odd, people <em>really<\/em> like to convert old VW Beetles into electric drag-racers. The practice goes back twenty years, and back in 2011, two brothers shocked the world with their <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1061309_exclusive-black-current-iii-electric-drag-champion--whats-really-under-the-hood\">Black Current III electric Beetle<\/a>. Now they\u2019re back with an even more ridiculous car, the \u201cV8-killing\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UoFbG4ayg7U\">Black Current IV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"admonishment_note\"><p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Several outlets are clinging to this story under false pretenses. The\u00a0modified VW Beetle EV doesn\u2019t have 6,500 horsepower\u2014that rating is both outrageous and plainly incorrect. \u2018The Late Brake Show\u2019 acknowledges that it made a mistake, but other publications aren\u2019t doing their due diligence.<br \/>\nWe decided to share this story because it\u2019s really freakin\u2019 cool. It highlights a scene of enthusiasts who are integral to the rise of EVs. The horsepower doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While previous Black Current EVs were based on\u00a0<em>very old<\/em> VW Beetles, the new model is a heavily modified\u00a02013 mk2 New Beetle. It now has a full carbon-fiber body, plus a custom 22kWh battery pack and 800V architecture. Notably, it runs on a total of four inverters, which diligently control the rotation speed of four\u00a0permanent magnet Axial flux AC three-phase motors.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"UoFbG4ayg7U\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/UoFbG4ayg7U\/hqdefault.jpg');\">\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"lty-playbtn\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"lyt-visually-hidden\">Play Video<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n<p>Brothers\u00a0Olly and Sam Young, who built the Black Current IV, believe that it can run a quarter-mile in seven seconds or less. That would make it the \u201cworld\u2019s quickest\u201d electric vehicle, which is shocking, given that it\u2019s a modified Beetle\u00a0<em>and<\/em> it\u2019s street legal. (The Young brothers haven\u2019t brought this thing to top speed yet, so we can\u2019t confirm how fast it actually moves.)<\/p>\n<p>For reference, the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/news\/a38439509\/2021-tesla-model-s-plaid-performance-test-comparison\/\">Tesla Model S Plaid<\/a>\u00a0recently completed a 9.4-second quarter mile. And the current world-record holder, the\u00a0Rimac Nevera, made its <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> in\u00a08.52 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>This shouldn\u2019t come as much of a surprise\u2014the old Black Current III was a record-setter back in 2011, despite the fact that it ran on a repurposed\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milk_float\">milk-float motor<\/a>\u00a0(an electric motor from a UK milk delivery truck). The only reason why\u00a0Olly and Sam Young started working on this new Black Current VI is because the previous model crashed at 140 MPH during a drag race in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, you should watch the above video made by\u00a0<em>The Late Brake Show<\/em>. It covers the Black Current VI and its history in more detail than I\u2019ve provided. Plus, it\u2019s a video, and I know you want to see this weird drag-racing EV.<\/p>\n<p><small>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UoFbG4ayg7U\">The Late Brake Show<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nsetTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1137093656460433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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