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Electrathon Racers, 2003

Colour photograph of two teenagers parked in streamlined homemade electric race-cars at the edge of a race track.

From the archives of the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association, contributed by Alvin Lee

Electrathon racing, which involves using 33kg of batteries to propel a light electric car the furthest distance in an hour, became an increasingly popular student activity during the early 2000s. Here, students from several Vancouver high schools take a pit stop at the 2003 Electrathon at Ride Electric Vehicles! Vancouver.