{"id":27675,"date":"2018-09-18T17:30:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T22:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=27675"},"modified":"2018-09-18T17:30:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T22:30:23","slug":"cobra-with-a-tesla-electric-motor-climbs-knox-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=27675","title":{"rendered":"Cobra with a Tesla Electric Motor Climbs Knox Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/EPower-Racing-Cobra-with-a-Tesla-electric-motor-08.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27680\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=27680\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/EPower-Racing-Cobra-with-a-Tesla-electric-motor-08.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"EPower Racing Cobra with a Tesla electric motor 08\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;EPower Racing Cobra with a Tesla electric motor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/EPower-Racing-Cobra-with-a-Tesla-electric-motor-08.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/EPower-Racing-Cobra-with-a-Tesla-electric-motor-08.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"EPower Racing Cobra with a Tesla electric motor\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/EPower-Racing-Cobra-with-a-Tesla-electric-motor-08.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/EPower-Racing-Cobra-with-a-Tesla-electric-motor-08.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/EPower-Racing-Cobra-with-a-Tesla-electric-motor-08.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/EPower-Racing-Cobra-with-a-Tesla-electric-motor-08.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been several months <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19735\">since we first wrote<\/a> about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMryo0vWzx1Q8vrLAP7APLg\">EPower Racing<\/a>&#8216;s electric Cobra race car. Since then the little roadster competed in several events most recently the Knox Mountain hillclimb. The team took home 2nd place overall with a time of 1:51.2. The powertrain consists of a Telsa Model S P85 electric motor, Kia Soul EV battery pack, and custom Quaife torque biasing differential. Watch as Trevor Yip pilots the unique EV up Knox Mountain or read more about how the project was born in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diyelectriccar.com\/forums\/showthread.php\/tesla-powered-cobra-race-car-180761.html\">build thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/x6zdOyty2Hs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/f-QJXL3JEs8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCWPy8e7TkqGZH4zt4TiTNw\">HillClimb Monsters<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMryo0vWzx1Q8vrLAP7APLg\">EPowerRacing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been several months since we first wrote about EPower Racing&#8216;s electric Cobra race car. Since then the little roadster competed in several events most recently the Knox Mountain hillclimb. The team took home 2nd place overall with a time of 1:51.2. The powertrain consists of a Telsa Model S P85 electric motor, Kia Soul&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=27675\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cobra with a Tesla Electric Motor Climbs Knox Mountain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[709],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cobra"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/EPower-Racing-Cobra-with-a-Tesla-electric-motor-08.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19735,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19735","url_meta":{"origin":27675,"position":0},"title":"Cobra with a Tesla Electric Motor","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A group of racing enthusiasts in Vancouver, British Columbia called EPower Racing built their own custom electric Cobra. 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