Tag Archives: World Records

Koenigsegg Regera grabs the 0-400-0 record back from Rimac

Posted on by

Koenigsegg has dusted off the Regera

Getting from 0 to 400 km/h (249 mph) and back to a standstill as quickly as possible has become a hotly contested acceleration and braking benchmark for the world’s fastest hypercars. It’s not just a test of engine power and braking grip, it’s also an extreme test of traction control, ABS, active aerodynamics and suspension systems.

Continue Reading

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: , , , ,

Continue reading Koenigsegg Regera grabs the 0-400-0 record back from Rimac→

Rimac Nevera breaks the record for record breaking: 23 in one day

Posted on by

The Rimac Nevera has just had a record-setting day of record setting

In a rather comprehensive day’s work, Rimac has broken more or less every relevant acceleration and braking record in the lofty world of hypercars, including rocketing from a standstill to 400 km/h (249 mph) and back to zero in less than 30 seconds.

Continue Reading

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: , , ,

Continue reading Rimac Nevera breaks the record for record breaking: 23 in one day→

New KAUST tandem solar cell breaks efficiency world record

Posted on by

A sample of new record-breaking silicon/perovskite tandem solar cells, developed by KAUST

The dynamic duo of silicon and perovskite continue their rampage through the solar cell industry. Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed a new silicon/perovskite tandem solar cell with a record-breaking efficiency.

Continue Reading

Category: Energy, Science

Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Continue reading New KAUST tandem solar cell breaks efficiency world record→

New KAUST tandem solar cell breaks efficiency world record

Posted on by

A sample of new record-breaking silicon/perovskite tandem solar cells, developed by KAUST

The dynamic duo of silicon and perovskite continue their rampage through the solar cell industry. Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed a new silicon/perovskite tandem solar cell with a record-breaking efficiency.

Continue Reading

Category: Energy, Science

Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Continue reading New KAUST tandem solar cell breaks efficiency world record→

Autoflight breaks Joby’s world record for the longest eVTOL flight

Posted on by

Autoflight's Gen-4 Prosperity aircraft has now flown further on a single charge than any other eVTOL

It’s our first look at the new aircraft, styled by auto-design guru Frank Stephenson – and it appears to run a notably different airframe than the prototypes the company has previously shown in cruise transition testing.

Continue Reading

Category: Aircraft, Transport

Tags: , , , , ,

Continue reading Autoflight breaks Joby’s world record for the longest eVTOL flight→

World’s fastest quadcopter sets official Guinness speed record

Posted on by

Ryan Lademann, left, and friends who came to witness the XLR V3's Guinness-World-Record-setting flight

Racing quadcopters are insanely light, quick and agile, but they’re not typically known for their top-speed figures. Mechanical engineer and hobbyist Ryan Lademann builds his own frames to push the limits, and he’s now bagged a Guinness World Record.

Continue Reading

Category: Drones, Technology

Tags: , , ,

Continue reading World’s fastest quadcopter sets official Guinness speed record→

Pininfarina Battista scoops up four production car acceleration records

Posted on by

Running a 1,900-horsepower Rimac powertrain, the Pininfarina Battista has just scooped up a swag of production car acceleration records

It seems Rimac has been beaten by its own mighty powertrain. The Rimac-powered Pininfarina Battista electric hypercar has just snatched the production car acceleration records from 0-60-120 mph (and 0-100-200 km/h), and it’s set a braking record too.

Continue Reading

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: , , , ,

Continue reading Pininfarina Battista scoops up four production car acceleration records→

Rimac Nevera destroys Tesla record to become world’s fastest EV

Posted on by

Already the world's quickest production car down a drag strip, the Rimac Nevera is now also officially the fastest production EV in history

Croatian electric hypercar manufacturer Rimac has officially laid claim to the outright EV top speed record, at a blistering 258 mph (412 km/h), putting a 91-mph (146-km/h) gap on the highest speed we can find verifiably recorded for a Tesla Model S Plaid.

Continue Reading

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: , , ,

Continue reading Rimac Nevera destroys Tesla record to become world’s fastest EV→

Mercedes-AMG One hyper-hybrid deletes 8 seconds off Nürburgring record

Posted on by

The Mercedes-AMG One accelerates its way into the record books

Two years ago, Mercedes-AMG knocked Lamborghini off the top of the Nürburgring Nordschleife production car chart with a 6:48.047 time in a GT Black Series. It was very good news for the folks at AMG, especially since they were deep in the works on the even fiercer 1,000-hp One street-legal race car. Mercedes lost the title in 2021, when the Porsche 911 GT2 RS came roaring back to the front of the pack with a 6:43.300. But it’s 2022 now and high time for the Mercedes-AMG One F1-to-freeway hypercar to roll out of the garage and show what it’s made of. And did it ever, knocking several seconds off Porsche’s time to reorder the record sheet.

Continue Reading

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: , , , , , ,

Continue reading Mercedes-AMG One hyper-hybrid deletes 8 seconds off Nürburgring record→

Don’t blink: EV scorches 0-62 in under 1.5 seconds for world record

Posted on by

GreenTeam absolutely torches the 0-62 mph sprint

While electric hypercar manufacturers have taken to breaking things down to the hundredth of a second to distinguish acceleration times around or below the 2-second mark, university teams have dropped things by full tenths down into the mid 1-second area with track-only electric roadsters. In 2016, the Swiss Grimsel set the Guinness World Record for fastest 0-100 km/h electric car acceleration at 1.513 seconds. Now, the GreenTeam from the University of Stuttgart brings the record back to Germany by breaking the 1.5-sec mark.

Continue Reading

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: , , , ,

Continue reading Don’t blink: EV scorches 0-62 in under 1.5 seconds for world record→