Radical SRZero Takes on the Pan-American Highway

Endurance driving has long been the litmus of mechanical reliability. It’s why races like the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Paris-Dakar rally raid are such lightening rods for manufacturer R&D. Unfortunately for EVs, range woes tend to put aspirations for long-distance travel in the same category as running a car on water – ain’t gonna happen. That is unless you’re as determined as the guys from Radical. The company plans to take its SRZero supercar down the full length of the Pan-American highway. That’s around 16,000 miles for those of you who are counting.

According to Radical, the SRZero is a pretty special machine. The car gets its power from two 550-volt electric motors good for a combined 400 horsepower. Gearing limits the top speed to around 118 mph, but the speedster is capable of hitting 60 in a slick 3.5-seconds. Perhaps most impressively, range sits at 340 miles thanks to unique lithium-phosphate batteries. No one’s saying exactly how long it takes to charge the car, but it doesn’t take a mathematician to realize it’s going to take Radical a very, very long time to make the drive.

The company plans to start off in Ushuaia, Argentina and finish in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. The trip will put the SRZero up against every type of weather imaginable and prove the open-top racer has what it takes to be a car worth driving.

Source AllCarsElectric