This new electric car is built by students from the DeLaSalle School in Kansas City, Mo., in collaboration with engineers from Bridgestone Americas' Technical Center in Akron, Ohio. The DeLaSalle electric car has just completed testing on Bridgestone's Texas Proving Grounds and its developers believe it may have set a new world record for efficiency.
The DeLaSalle electric car was built as a class project under the supervision of instructor Steve Rees. The DeLaSalle electric car is a plug-in electric built on the chassis 2000 Lola Indy Car.
The students have developed the DeLaSalle electric car's driveline, electric propulsion system and the full, ultra light-weight
aerodynamic body. Dressed with Bridgestone Ecopia EP100 tires, the DeLaSalle electric car managed to get during testing an efficiency equivalent to a 300 mpg fuel consumption.
The developers are petitioning the Guinness World Records to consider their electric car as a new world record.
