Hybrid Cars

A few weeks back we reported on the White Zombie, a home-built all-electric Datsun 1200 that regularly clocks sub-12 second ETs in the quarter mile. At the time, we thought it was the fastest all-electric vehicle in the world. Well, White Zombie, meet the Black Current 3.

This home-made creation from the other side of the pond boasts similar quarter-mile run times and the exact same 114 mph top speed through the traps, which, for the uninitiated, is wicked fast. The only thing the Black Current has over the White Zombie is one very special notch in its belt—it beat a Tesla Roadster and it did it on video. Here’s the proof.