Dale Vince, the founder of green energy supplier Ecotricity, recently announced that he’s planning an attempt to break the current British electric land speed record of 137mph in February in his racing car dubbed Nemesis. The attempt is meant to pave the way for production of the car by the end of 2010.
Vince, who built a £85m fortune on wind power, named his racing car Nemesis, to presage the demise of the combustion engine. It’s about turning the heads of ordinary motorists beca… (read more)