With the Electric Blue Streamliner, Brigham Young University engineering students set a new world land speed record at 155.8mph (250.73km/h) on its qualifying runs, reaching a peak of 175mph (281.64km/h).
After seven years, and 130 students later, the Brigham Young University students and their lead, associate professor Perry Carter, took their Streamliner (long, slender shape and enclosed wheels for low air resistance) and set the world record for their vehicle class.
With an aerodynamic lightweight carbon fiber body and powerful lithium iron phosphate batteries, the Electric Blue now holds the world record for the E1 Class (weighing less than 1,100lbs, or 499kgs). Jim Burkdoll, president of the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association, drove Electric Blue on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
No previous record has been set, as no E1 class vehicle has completed the two run qualification; the Electric Blue made a 139mph (224km/h) run last year but rolled over and was damaged.
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Via PhysOrg.com
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