We typically associate go-karts with handling, not 0-60 times. Daymak, a company out of Toronto, Ontario, aims to flip that thinking upside down with an electric go-kart that does the 0-60 mile per hour (0-96 kilometre per hour) run in what they say is under 1.5 seconds.

That's a full second faster to 60 mph than the new Bugatti Chiron. And while the Dodge Challenger Demon and Tesla P100D duke it out for at 2.3 or 2.28 second runs, the Daymak C5 Blast still bests them with ease.

Wanting to know more, Motor1 Canada reached out to Daymak vice-president, Jason Roy. Here's what we found out.