World's fastest production car to go electric- with "several years between charging"

September 24, 2008 was the one year anniversary of SSC's Ultimate Aero becoming the fastest production car in the world at 256.18 mph, pushing past marks set by Koenigsegg's CCR and Bugatti's Veyron. Its the first time the top speed record has stood for a whole year since Mclaren's F1 held it for seven years with 386.4 kmh [240.1mph]. Now comes news that an Ultimate Aero EV [electric vehicle] is in development. But here's the kicker- the press statement reads- "The drive train under development will feature a revolutionary power source allowing for extended time between charging intervals with the posiblility of several YEAR'S between charging.
The anniversary date was Sept. 13 to be exact, but it's the proposal of the first 100% Green Supercar that is interesting. Engineering details are yet undisclosed but SSC expects to roll out its first prototype in February 2009. As for the revolutionary drive train, well, we have no idea what is planned and...we'll suspend disbelief in respect of the company's proven ability to do exactly what it has said it will do in the past. A track record as good as SSC's gives this otherwise ridiculous claim some credibility, though it'll need to be pretty special to run a few years between charges.
The founder of SSC, Jerod Shelby says, "I think we can do it faster, leaner and cleaner than any other manufacturer."
Consistant with its company philosoghy of being the benchmark, SSC plans next to break the record for the the fastest EV in the world.
Several years before charging, now that will be something and remains to be seen. Lets hope it can be done. That would definitely revolutionize the auto industry and get us off the dependency of Oil.