Despite their old reputation as weenie and underpowered, electric cars have fully entered the power stage of their existence. In fact, one of the real challenges in preparing the Cobra Jet 1400 for racing was making sure that the motors didn’t overcome the tires, according to Brian Novak of Ford Performance.

The CJ1400, initially, would just spin the tires and it turned out to be because it was simply producing more torque than the Ford Performance guys thought it would. The advantage—and...

"Push ‘Em to the Limit": Go Behind the Scenes on the Mustang Cobra Jet 1400