Students break 0-60 World Record!

[Antracer]

Thought this may be of interest to some - http://phys.org/news/2013-09-seconds-students-worl...

2 seconds is pretty quick, although it doesn't say how many G's they were pulling.

[cheddar]

4 motors, 4 wheel drive and only weighs 145kg!!!

Really?

[otolith]

Record for electric vehicles, obviously - top fuel dragsters will do 100 in less than half that time.

[longfellow]

That's pretty awesome.

I wonder how long they've been working on this?

[oberointment]

they broke the record in what i have not seen a picture of it

[oberointment]

i see now im new to all this

[slinky]

otolith said:

Record for electric vehicles, obviously - top fuel dragsters will do 100 in less than half that time.

Typically circa 0.9 seconds..

[EndingCredits]

The motors are in-hub. They're actually tiny, perhaps 5-10cm in diameter although together they'll put out 85kw which is about 120hp which means the hp/weight ratio is about 600bhp/ton.

The main thing is getting the traction hence the 4WD and electric motors means almost perfect traction control.

Helps that the sprinkle the track with sugar for more grip.