Filed under: EV/Plug-in, USA, Racing



You know what's a lot - a lot - of fun? Racing. You know what's really expensive? Also, racing.
Fortunately, there's cheaper way of getting into the sport of testing the limits of man-melded-to-machine than going out and building or buying a full-fledged race car. Yup, go-karts! You want to compete in Formula 1 when you grow up? This is where you start. (For an in-depth look at the sport, check out Autoblog's epic 7-part Introduction To Karting.)

Unfortunately, the shrunken wonders have long been kind of noisy and, perhaps, more than a little dirty. Think smokey two-stroke engines with minimal mufflerage. Now, however, that's beginning to change, and one of those at the forefront of this shift is Rattlesnake Electric Sport. They've launched a line of electric go-karts that are competitive with modern gas-powered machines that can put you neck deep in wheel-to-wheel racing action.Continue reading Refuel 2013: Rattlesnake Electric Sport go-karts go racing

Refuel 2013: Rattlesnake Electric Sport go-karts go racing originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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