Have you ever heard of an Enfield 8000? Chances are that unless you were born in the 1960s and lived in the United Kingdom throughout your younger years, you probably don’t. The Enfield 8000 was a battery-powered electric car that was produced by Enfield Automotive between 1973 and 1977. That’s right; the U.K. had a battery-powered car more than 40 years ago. Pretty wild right? Well, this story is about to get even wilder and, to be honest, a little crazy.
How crazy you ask? So crazy that one of these mid-1970s Enfield 8000s has officially become the world’s fastest street-legal electric vehicle. If that’s not crazy enough for you, what if I told you this little British EV put a beat down on the Lamborghini Aventador, McLaren 650S, Porsche 911 Turbo S, the Nissan GT-R, and even Tesla’s Model S P90D. I’m sure you don’t believe me, but that display image you see above – that’s the time slip proving that this car is no joke.
As you can see, the car – which goes by the name “Flux Capacitor” – made a number of runs, but its last one was the most important. It was able to travel 330 feet in 4.02 seconds and hit an eighth-mile in just 6.15 seconds at 113 mph. The whole quarter mile sprint took 9.86 seconds with a speed of 121.73 mph, and it did it all on battery power without any exterior aerodynamic enhancements.
Keep reading to learn more about Flux Capacitor
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