When America was the centre of the manufacturing universe, it did try to make electric cars. Dozens of them, in fact. The catch? They rarely (if ever) came from established companies — always from start-ups, as if oil and car companies have a long-established secret ‘nod’ to avoid EVs unless absolutely necessary…
Long-established car companies have always toyed with electric cars, no doubt enticed by their inherent advantages: they can be fuelled almost anywhere (all you need is an electrical outlet), they’re very quiet, they require fewer moving parts, and they often handle quite well due to the weight of the batteries down low in the chassis.
In racing, these advantages would actually be enough to build a competitive car…if only range wasn’t a problem.
This is something only a racer would think, and more than a decade before the Globe-Endura was shown, an American builder by the name of Bob McKee used his racing experience to design and develop the Sundancer.
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