Teku

Hot Wheels AcceleRacers
The second film's DVD box art
Genre	Action Adventure Sci-fi
Created by	Andrew Duncan
Written by	Mark Edens
Directed by	Andrew Duncan Gino Nichele William Gordon William Lau
Starring	Lisa Ann Beley Dexter Bell Michael Donovan Brian Drummond Andrew Duncan Andrew Francis Adrian Holmes David Kaye Cusse Manukuma Kasper Michaels Kirby Morrow Kevan Ohtsji Will Sanderson Venus Terzo Kathleen Barr
Theme music composer	Brian Carson
Country of origin	United States
Production
Producer(s)	Ian Richter Gio Corsi Shea Wageman Ben Burden Smith
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Mainframe Entertainment Mattel
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	Cartoon Network
Original release	January 8, 2005
Chronology
Preceded by	Hot Wheels World Race
Followed by	Hot Wheels Battle Force 5

Hot Wheels AcceleRacers is an animated series of movies by Mattel. It is computer-animated, produced by Mainframe Entertainment out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which also produced ReBoot and distributed by Warner Bros. Available on DVD and VHS, it has also been shown on Cartoon Network.

The show takes Mattel's Hot Wheels toy cars and puts them in a ReBoot-like situation, with racing somewhat reminiscent of Tron. This is a sequel series to Hot Wheels World Race. Both shows take place in California. A soundtrack was distributed by Sony BMG and toys were sold in stores and given away in McDonald's Happy Meal.

Two years after the end of the World Race, Dr. Peter Tezla continues to study the information he gathered on the Wheel of Power while it was in his possession. However, he finds that Gelorum has returned is now fully repaired, now with her army of Racing Drones and she is attempting to steal the Wheel of Power again. Tezla enters the Highway 35 himself and attempts to stop Gelorum but fails and is greatly injured as the Drones capture the Wheel. He manages to escape back to Earth and the Drones turn Hot Wheels City into their new headquarters.

Meanwhile, in the present-day at California, former World Race drivers Vert Wheeler, Kurt Wylde, Taro Kitano, and Mark Wylde have now become members of two street racing teams: the Teku and the Metal Maniacs. During a grudge race on the coastline, Dr. Tezla's robotic assistant Gig appears, telling the World Race drivers that Dr. Tezla needs their help. Arriving at Dr. Tezla’s old base from the World Race, with some of their new teammates, they find it partially destroyed. Former Dune Ratz driver Brian Kadeem appears and takes them to the AcceleDrome, Dr. Tezla's new base. After the drivers arrive, Dr. Tezla appears on a large hologram in the middle of the cavern and tells them what he has found: new Acceleron knowledge from his research on the Wheel of Power's research. Now that the Wheel has been taken from its spire in Highway 35, the Drones have control over the dimension’s portals.