Rocket-Shaped Car Reaches 300 MPH in 13 Seconds in Initial Testing
29 Oct 2019, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The afterburner was engaged and ran for 12 seconds during this high-speed attempt, accelerating the Bloodhound from 50 to 300 mph (80 to 483 kph) in 13 seconds
Hyundai Nexo, Sonata Hybrid Run Amok in the Desert, Chasing Records
23 Oct 2019, 14:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Both cars were driven during their runs by Dean Schlingmann, a driver who also happens to be senior powertrain engineer at Hyundai America Technical Center
Bloodhound LSR Shows Its Solid Wheels as Desert-Spec Record Breaker Revealed
21 Oct 2019, 13:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The car arrived on site on the Hakskeenpan desert in South Africa as hundreds of people were busy clearing by hand 16,500 tons of rock
Hundreds of People Move Tons of Rock by Hand to Clear the Way for Bloodhound LSR
18 Oct 2019, 12:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 317 people, all part of a South African community, cleared 16,500 tons of rock, by hand, to make way for the Bloodhound LSR test runs
Car Powered by Eurofighter Typhoon Jet Engine Going for Speed Record Attempt
1 Oct 2019, 08:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The highest speed ever achieved by a car on land, the Thrust SSC, is 763.035 mph (1,227.9 kph), and was set in 1997 by a British team
Volkswagen Goes for Bonneville Land Speed Record With Near-Production Jetta GLI
8 Aug 2018, 12:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A not-so-heavily modified Volkswagen Jetta GLI will try to break the land speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats this weekend
Bloodhound SSC First (Jet) Engine Startup, Next Stop: 1,000 MPH Record
29 Sep 2017, 11:28 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Slowly but surely, the British-led project that aims to correct the standing land speed record by more than 200 mph is getting ready for the big day
Venturi Sets New Land Speed Record With An Electric Vehicle - 341 MPH
23 Sep 2016, 08:23 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Venturi's Buckeye Bullet 3, a 3,000 HP electric vehicle, set a new land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats last week. It was driven at 341 mph
An Electric-Powered Corvette Is the World's Fastest Street-Legal EV. Again
29 Jul 2016, 07:42 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / They say getting to the top is easy, but staying there is the hard part. Genovation sure is doing the best it can after setting the speed record for EVs
Bloodhound SSC Will Attempt to Break the World Land Speed Record in October 2017
5 Jul 2016, 17:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Bloodhound Project team confirmed that the SSC will try and break the land speed record of the Thrust SSC in October 2017 in the Kalahari Desert
Bloodhound SSC Land Speed Record-Breaking Car Unveiled – Video
24 Sep 2015, 20:08 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / The Bloodhound SSC Land Speed Record Breaking Car is far from being ready to hit the road, but it was prepped to be shown to the public for the first day
Bloodhound SSC Land Speed Record Braking Car Set to Make Full Debut on 24 September
17 Sep 2015, 16:11 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / If speed is what you're after, forget about your Bugattis and your Koenigseggs - it literally doesn't get any better than the Bloodhound SSC
Bloodhound SSC Supersonic Land Rocket Uses F1 Ceramics to Keep it Cool
19 Aug 2015, 14:23 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / How do you stop the heat from melting your state-of-the-art rocket on wheels, challenging for a new land speed record? That's simple, using ceramics
3,000 HP Venturi VBB-3 EV Aims for 600 KM/H Speed Record on the Bonneville Salt Flats
21 Jul 2015, 12:51 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / The godfather of all EVs will try to make a comeback in August on the famous Bonneville Salt Flats, where it intends to reach 600 km/h and set a new EV record
Bloodhound SSC’s Bodywork Can Take a Bullet Like Nothing Happened
25 Mar 2015, 17:50 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Why should a wheeled rocket be able to whitstand a bullet? Well, because at over 1,600 km/h, a lot of things can go sideways
Drayson Racing Sets New World Land Speed Record for Electric Cars
26 Jun 2013, 09:42 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Drayson Racing has set a new World Electric Land Speed Record yesterday, after their B12 69/EV electric Le-Mans Prototype achieved a top speed of 204.185 mph (328.604 km/h) with former science minis...
Drayson Racing to Make EV Land Speed Record Attempt
30 May 2013, 11:57 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Drayson Racing Technologies has announced plans to attempt to break the current FIA World Electric Land Speed Record for vehicles in the sub-1,000 kg (2,204 lbs) class. The attempt will take plac...
Venturi EV to Break 700 Km/h on The Salt Flats in 2014
1 Apr 2013, 11:50 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When you think about the Salt Flats in Utah, you picture a lot of petrol heads pushing their gas-guzzlers on the limit, trying to break speed records on the immense dried lake since 1914. But gro...
Passion and Camaraderie at 2011 Bonneville Speed Week
6 Sep 2011, 09:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 2011 Bonneville Speed Week ended last month, and speed freaks from across America and beyond pledged to come again next year an test their metal on the salts. Yet we’re not here to talk ab...
1969 Plymouth Barracuda Blowfish to Set New Land Speed Record
3 Aug 2011, 12:39 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / What we have in front of us is a one of a kind 1969 Plymouth Barracuda Blowfish which has received some “minor” touches from Rad Rods. The Baracuda was turned into a fierce speed monster...