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Offline Relic

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Popular Mechanics Electric Challenger
« on: May 10, 2009 - 05:59:49 PM »
In case you haven't heard about it (I did some searching and didn't find anything), Popular Mechanics has been building an electric hybrid Dodge Challenger. Pretty cool project in my opinion. Hate the paint scheme though.

http://media.origin.popularmechanics.com/documents/ecomuscle/
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Re: Popular Mechanics Electric Challenger
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2009 - 01:57:04 PM »
The Charger should have been the first coversion due to it's nameplate.  Very cool article though.

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Re: Popular Mechanics Electric Challenger
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2009 - 02:08:47 PM »
"Before we started modifying our Challenger, we needed to obtain baseline performance figures. At Virginia Motorsports Park, we romped from 0 to 60 mph in 4.95 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 13.55 sec @ 103.65 mph. This is strong acceleration for a 2-ton behemoth on OEM street tires!"

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Re: Popular Mechanics Electric Challenger
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2009 - 09:08:52 PM »
"Before we started modifying our Challenger, we needed to obtain baseline performance figures. At Virginia Motorsports Park, we romped from 0 to 60 mph in 4.95 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 13.55 sec @ 103.65 mph. This is strong acceleration for a 2-ton behemoth on OEM street tires!"

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Re: Popular Mechanics Electric Challenger
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2009 - 10:57:48 PM »
Is your car a 5.7 or a 6.1 ??  auto or 6spd.??

That what the car they had in the article did. An automatic R/T with a 5/7.
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