"""<p>Electric cars proved their mettle in early motorsports. Belgian Camille Jenatzy, a builder of electric carriages near Paris, engaged in several speed stunts to promote his firm's engineering acumen, the highlight of which came in the spring of 1899. Driving his racing special, La Jamais Contente (""""the Never Satisfied""""), he became the first to break the 100-km/h and 60-mph barriers. A pair of direct-drive 25-kW motors, running at 200 volts drawing 124 amps each (about 67 horsepower), propelled the torpedo-shaped machine crafted from a lightweight aluminum alloy called partinium. La Jamais Contente ran on Michelin tires; the French tiremaker adopted a reproduction built in 1994 to serve as a sort of mascot for the company's Challenge Bibendum series of sustainable mobility rallies from 2004–2014.</p>"""
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