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"A British car has set a new world land speed record for a lightweight electric vehicle. Drayson Racing Technologies&amp;#039; Lola B12/69 EV reached a top speed of 204.2mph when it took to the track at RAF Elvington in Yorkshire.  Former government minister Lord Drayson, who was behind the wheel during the feat, is hoping that the achievement will help to highlight the future potential for electric vehicles. &amp;quot;What it, I hope, shows to people is just what the future potential of electric cars is,&amp;quot; Lord Drayson told BBC News. &amp;quot;Obviously this is a very special racing car, but by setting this new world record here in Britain we say two things. One, it is a pointer to the future - the technology that we developed for this car will filter down to the cars we use every day. &amp;quot;And secondly it&amp;#039;s a message about how here in the UK we&amp;#039;re a world leader with this technology. We&amp;#039;ve led motorsport engineering, now we&amp;#039;re also leading with electric motorsport engineering.&amp;quot; The Oxfordshire-based firm modified a Le Mans Series car it had previously designed for the world record attempt, in order to meet the Federation Internationale de l&amp;#039;Automobile&amp;#039;s weight requirements of 1,000kg. Battery Box General Electric set the previous world record of 175mph in 1974. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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