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[[File:1997 Tanesini Cartanfruit 1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''1997 Tanesini Cartanfruit''']]
[[File:1997 Tanesini Cartanfruit 2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''1997 Tanesini Cartanfruit''']]


== 1997 ==


The "Cartanfruit" prototype, driven by the [[Italian]] [[Giuliano Mazzoni]], won the [[FIA]] Alternative Energies Cup 8 times. This car, built by the amateur Tanesini, was equipped with 3 electric motors with a total power of 150 kW, equivalent to about 200 hp, and capable of a speeds of over 200 km/h. The ''Tanesini Cartanfruit'', driven by team ''Selene'', used heavy lead/acid batteries not a sophisticated hybrid system with superconductors nor lithium-ion batteries; remarkable. On race day, Japanese engineers at the race dubbed it "the electric Ferrari" on the first day and the name stuck. By comparing the results ([[circuit]] or [[hill-climb]] races) with the results achieved by the endothermic cars, this [[electric vehicle]] was faster than many traditional [[race car]] [[prototypes]]. On some stages, the car's winning average speed was 50 mph, which the columnist says is not bad considering the hairpin turns and the uphill terrain of the race course.



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