THE QUIET REVOLUTION

So let’s get this out of the way right now: We’re not here to suggest that the internal combustion engine is dead. Far from it. We attend Rotating Mass every day just like you. But neither should a good performance enthusiast ignore what is happening beyond the world of the holy grail of the four-stroke cycle.

Electric cars. There, we said it. Just let that settle in for a moment before you begin banging your keyboard to pen that poison email.

This story is not about green posturing or carbon footprints. This is HOT ROD, and we’re about performance, but it’s time to acknowledge that electric cars have arrived and can perform. We intend to offer several very different examples of electric race cars for your perusal. Dismiss them if you like, but frankly, unless you can set the new world record for Pikes Peak, win the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a hybrid prototype, or run low-8s in