From zero to one hundred in 1,416 seconds? It really works, but not with a production electric car.
Electric cars regularly leave us breathless with their ability to accelerate from 0 to 100 km / h in seconds, sometimes literally. However, the real record holder in this discipline was the carbon formula built by a team of students from the German University of Stuttgart, which broke the record placed in the Guinness Book of Records.
The formula, whose construction is signed by the GreenTeam of the University of Stuttgart, is practically entirely made of carbon, which has managed to keep the weight below the 145 kilogram threshold. A combined power of 180 kW goes to all wheels, giving the car an overload acceleration of 2.5 G. In comparison, F1 drivers face an acceleration of around 2 G during acceleration.
The acceleration is so brutal that she managed to sprint the little formula from 0 to 100 km / h in 1,416 seconds. GreenTeam thus broke the record of the Swiss AMZ Racing team. Their electric car accelerated from 0 to 100 km / h in 1,513 seconds.
The first attempt to set the record was supposed to take place at the beginning of September on the track of the Bosch Research Campus in Renningen, but due to a technical failure the date has been postponed to 6 October. On the second attempt, everything clicked and the official setting of the record has already been confirmed by the Guinness World Records organization.
GreenTeam recorded the setting of the record in the video, where you can see the details of the formula and preparations. The record setting itself is extremely short – everything was done in 1,416 seconds. At the same time, reaching such a speed in such a short time must have required a lot of work for the driver. However, the team members and the university share great enthusiasm.
