An Electric Muscle Car?

Talk about a contradiction in terms.

Imagine hammering down on the pedal of your Ford Mustang and roaring from 0-60 in 3.9 seconds like you’re Steve McQueen on steroids … all with a silent, environmentally-friendly electric engine emitting zero rude, unruly carbon emissions.

That’s the idea behind the Tjaarda EVX Mustang and the HST Shelby Cobra EVX, both zero-emissions vehicles based on their gasoline-powered muscle car counterparts. It’s important to note that both of these are custom cars (the Mustang runs at $80,000 and the Cobra will cost you $120,000), so don’t get too excited. Still, an 8-hour charge to a lithium-ion battery pack that will cost you roughly three cents per mile seems like a decent price.

I have only one concern: Isn’t a car that can accelerate from 0-60 in under four seconds without making a peep—I don’t know—fairly freaking dangerous?

HST International All-Electric Mustang and Shelby Cobra (Motor Authority via Jalopnik)