Electrathon Racers, 2003
![Colour photograph of two teenagers parked in streamlined homemade electric race-cars at the edge of a race track.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/electric-vehicles-canada_vehicules-electriques/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2021/11/Electrathon-Racers-2003.jpg)
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.