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Racing Green

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RACING GREEN is a 3 hour long BBC World News TV series about an electric car world record established by 8 engineering graduates from London. They succeed to build an electric car with 400 horse power, a top speed of 190km/h and a range of over 500km on one charge. To test the reliability of their super car they embark on the ultimate road test across 2 continents and every possible climate zone. In 70 days they drive the 26,000 km long Pan-American Highway from Alaska to Argentina. It’s a world record for an electric car and proofs that electric vehicles are ready to replace petrol cars. Episode 1 shows how 8 engineering graduates from Imperial College in London convert a Radical SR-8 racing car into an electric super car the SR-0 with 400 horse power, a top speed of 190km/h and a range of over 500km on one charge. After 9 month of intensive work and many test drives the team flies to Alaska where they will start a world record attempt. They want to drive the SR-0 along the entire 26,000km long Pan-American Highway all the way down to Argentina. It will be a first for an electric car.

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