Gallery: The Phallic French EV That Was Once the World's Fastest Car

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    "La Jamais Contente" looked like a torpedo on wheels. This is a replica made by a team of students at the Université de Technologie et du Lycée Technologique de Compiegne.
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    The electric car was made to break speed records, not for comfort or production.
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    Camille Jenatzy was the first motorist to break the 100 kilometer per hour mark, in 1899.
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    The car was made of aluminum alloy, to save weight, and it sat on a wooden undercarriage.
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    The controls were pretty rudimentary.
  • Nothing like what you see on cars made in the 21stor even 20thcentury.
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    Nothing like what you see on cars made in the 21st---or even 20th---century.
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    The original La Jamais Contente is kept at the Palais de Compiègne in France.
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