Electric Car Breaks 200 MPH, Sets New World Land Speed Record

NigelM · Sep 20, 2014

An electric car built by students at Brigham Young University has set a new land speed record for cars in its class. "Electric Blue" averaged a mind-blowing 204.9 mph over two runs at the Bonneville Salt Flats this month, beating its own previous record from 2011 by nearly 50 mph.

“When we set the record three years ago we felt like we left a lot on the table,” Kelly Hales, an electrical engineering student at the university and captain of the car's design team, said in a written statement. “On paper we thought we could get 200 mph but we never had the conditions just right—until now.”

Just check out the video above to watch the 2011 run.

Here's the university link: http://news.byu.edu/14-sep-streamliner2014

rabar10 · Sep 20, 2014

The car competes in the "E1 streamliner" class, which has a weight limit of 1,100 pounds. Wow.

Ohio State's Buckeye Bullet has gone much faster, but is also a much heavier EV streamliner due to more batteries, and competes in a different division.

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Electric Car Breaks 200 MPH, Sets New World Land Speed Record

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