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Lightning Motorcycles hits 166 miles per hour at Bonneville

Suddenly, we've got a competition on our hands. While it didn't seem likely that any other electric motorcycle manufacturers would even attempt to top Mission Motors' recent 150-plus mile per hour record run for a production-intent vehicle (the team hit 161 mph at one point) at the Bonneville Salt Flats, not only did Lightning Motorcycles make the trip, the company's machine unofficially (it was an official run, but not followed up with a repeat run to qualify for an official record) went 166 miles per hour! Lightning's prototype is ... Read more →

WIRED NextFest Report: Ohio State's 300+ mph electric car Derrick Y. Noh

The very first exhibit just beyond the turnstiles at WIRED's NextFest was Ohio State's 31-foot long, 2-foot wide electric car named the Buckeye Bullet. Its claim to fame: the fastest electric car in ...

JCB Dieselmax breaks own land-speed record, shoots to 328 mph Sebastian Blanco

That's one fast diesel. And the JCB Dieselmax is even faster now that it has taken the FIA international land speed record for a diesel-powered vehicle with a speed of 328.767 mph at the Bonneville ...

Diesel land speed record Bruno Vanzieleghem

A UK based construction equipment manufacturer will attempt to break the diesel land speed record this summer at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, according to PR Newswire. The engine they will be ...

Lightning Motorcycles hits 166 miles per hour at Bonneville 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Suddenly, we've got a competition on our hands. While it didn't seem likely that any other electric motorcycle manufacturers would even attempt to top Mission Motors' recent 150-plus mile per hour record run for a production-intent vehicle (the team hit 161 mph at one point) at the Bonneville ...

WIRED NextFest Report: Ohio State's 300+ mph electric car 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The very first exhibit just beyond the turnstiles at WIRED's NextFest was Ohio State's 31-foot long, 2-foot wide electric car named the Buckeye Bullet. Its claim to fame: the fastest electric car in the world. In May 2000, a group of engineering students at Ohio State began building an electric ...

JCB Dieselmax breaks own land-speed record, shoots to 328 mph 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

That's one fast diesel. And the JCB Dieselmax is even faster now that it has taken the FIA international land speed record for a diesel-powered vehicle with a speed of 328.767 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah yesterday. Just last week, the JCB Dieselmax's world speed record was 317.021. The ...

Diesel land speed record 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

A UK based construction equipment manufacturer will attempt to break the diesel land speed record this summer at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, according to PR Newswire. The engine they will be using, claimed to be the world’s most powerful diesel engine, produces 150 bhp per liter, which ...


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