To be the first manufacturer off the starting line, Ford is testing an all-electric Mustang called the Cobra Jet 1400, named for its horsepower.

Testing last week proved that electric drag racing is serious stuff. We're talking a 8.12 second e.t. at 171.97 mph.

"Since revealing the car, we’ve continued to fine-tune it and now know we're just scratching the surface of what we may be able to achieve with this much electric horsepower in a drag racing setting,” said Mark Rushbrook, global director, Ford Performance Motorsports.

Ford Performance collaborated with Cascadia Motion to power the Cobra Jet 1400. With four PN-250-DZR inverters coupled to a pair of DS-250-115s, giving four motors total and spinning at up to 10,000 revolutions per minute. These motor-inverter packages run at 800 volts and up to 700 amps, with maximum output of 350kW per motor.

It would appear that the days of saying an all-electric quarter-miler would need a 1,320-foot extension cord are well behind us.

Stay tuned to RYNO for more on this exciting news as it develops.