1,070 hp electric Dodge Hornet R/T goes from 0-60 in 1.4 sec. (!) [Video]

Packing four electric motors pushing more than 1,000 hp through all four of its Yokohama Advan racing tires, the new Dodge Hornet R/T FC1-X can blast from 0-60 in just 1.4 seconds!

“With four axial flux motors generating the equivalent of 1,070 horsepower, these machines don’t just accelerate – they bend the laws of physics,” reads the breathy, exuberant press release from Dodge announcing the new Nitrocross Group E racing machine. “We’re talking 0-60 in 1.4 seconds. That’s fast enough to rearrange your internal organs and make you question your life choices, all before you hit second gear. And with nearly 2g of acceleration from a standing start, these cars don’t just jump the 200-foot gaps common in Nitrocross – they practically achieve low Earth orbit.”

Props to Sean Yoder, the press release’s credited author, for leaving off an exclamation point after “low Earth orbit.” (He’s a better man than me!) But, while I stand by my …