Kits can be ordered in either left- or right-hand drive. For the mechanically inclined buyer, the 818 seems like a unique alternative to the Miata-based projects that many sports car fans take on.

A converted 818 kit car that normally houses Subaru WRX components, now equipped with a Tesla P85 rear-wheel drive unit, has become one of the quickest EVs, achieving a 10.155 seconds @ 126.37 mph ...

An electric kit car with dual Tesla motors has run a quarter-mile in an impressive 9.3 seconds — making it one of the fastest Tesla-powered cars ever. Over the last few years, we have been ...

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We’ve seen fast Teslas before, and even classic electric retrofits – but this is a new kind of fast that we weren’t expecting. EV Controls drove their 818 kit car out to Luskville Dragway in ...

The ingenuity of those who want to go fast is something to be admired. Take, for example, one plucky company that combined Factory Five's 818C kit car with powertrain components from both a Tesla ...

The result is an all-electric sports car with over 400 hp and weighing 2500 lbs. In its initial tests, the vehicle completed the 1/4 mile in 11.5 seconds at a speed of 115 mph, which is fairly ...

The 818 red kit car was only competing against the clock, with the 911 there just so it wouldn't take up the whole track by itself.

Check out the photo gallery for a walk-through of the show and all of the killer Cobras, Type 65s and 818 kit cars on the premises. 0:00 / 0:00 See All 59 Photos ...

Let's use a recent email from one of our Cooley on Cars viewers, KC in Cincinnati, who wants to build an EV. He's looking at a Factory Five 818, a kit car that is sort of a cross between a Lotus ...