The power of the go-kart

I decided to do some research this time around and found an article about the show MythBusters where they test electric and gas powered go-karts against each other. You can view this article at: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/workshop/4264026.html?page=1

In the article they prove how close the 2 can be compared to each other with a semi-scientific approach, lap times, driven by one of the MythBuster guys. The results of the test showed that the electric is faster from a stand still but has a lower top speed. While the gas powered kart has a higher top speed, which is usually unused on a kart track, "one kart can spew as many pollutants as 100 cars" due to the 2-stroke engines.

I would have to say at this point in my research that's one win for electric powered vehicles, though, this doesn't directly translate to our daily driving machines.