Electric super car in land speed record challenge

27 September 2012 Last updated at 02:27 ET Help

A British-designed and built electric super car with a theoretical top speed of 200mph (320kph) will attempt to break the UK electric car land speed record on Thursday.

The battery-powered Nemesis is challenging the current 137mph record set by the grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell, Don Wales, in 2000.

John Maguire reports.

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