Gallery: Electrics Are Your Best Bet on This Brutal Mountain Track

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    Entropy's day glow yellow EV's will race to the top of Pikes Peak this weekend.
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    The cars sport tiny electric engines producing 180 horsepower at the wheels.
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    Three cars went out to Pikes, but only two will race---the third crashed during practice.
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    The batteries store around 27KWh of juice, enough for a trip up the hill and then some.
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    Entropy's racers are significantly simpler (and much cheaper) than the EV's they will be racing against.
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    Electric cars running in the hill climb must be equipped with alarms making 120dB of noise to keep spectators safe.
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