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Re:1.461 seconds from 0 to 100km/h: students break accelerat... by m463 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @03:06PM (#33181550)
I'm pretty sure top fuel dragsters are all about tires and aero and only inconsequentially the power source.

It might be an easy problem to solve acceleration to 100km/hr since you don't have to carry batteries to go an entire 1/4 mile

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Re:1.461 seconds from 0 to 100km/h: students break accelerat... by Nition on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:27PM (#33183572)
There are electric top fuel dragsters now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LQXB1DX-2Q

They don't seem to be close to as fast as the ICE ones yet. The fire and sparks from the engine is fun though. "These motors are rated at 200amps each, we push 2000amps through them for 7 seconds."

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