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China’s biggest missile manufacturer is working on a hyperloop. CASIC claims it’s clocked the fastest speed ever for a superconducting maglev vehicle – over 623 km/h (387 mph) – during tests in a low-vacuum tube just 2 km (1.2 miles) long.
Category: Transport
Tags: Hyperloop, Vacuum Tube, Maglev, China, World’s Fastest
Continue reading China claims new speed record with vacuum-tube maglev train
Connecticut-based WaveAerospace has announced “the world’s fastest multirotor UAS,” a “new class of aircraft” that’s effectively a quadcopter drone with a raging jet turbine in the middle, capable of insane speeds and all-weather operation.
Category: Drones, Technology
Tags: Jets, Turbine, drones, World’s Fastest
Continue reading Huntress hybrid drone packs a 300+ mph turbojet core
A four-legged robotic dog called HOUND has demonstrated an unprecedented level of agility and speed, clocking the fastest 100-meter dash ever achieved by a quadruped robot and setting a new Guinness World Record in the process.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Robot, Quadruped, World Records, World’s Fastest, KAIST, Guinness
Continue reading Robo-dog sets new 100-meter sprint Guinness World Record
Everybody feels like they could use a faster internet connection, and now engineers in Japan have shattered the record for data transmission. The team managed to transmit more than 20 times the global internet traffic per second through a single optical fiber.
Category: Telecommunications, Technology
Tags: Data, Data Transfer, Transmission, World’s Fastest, Communications, Fiber Optic, Optics
Continue reading Record-breaking fiber transmits 20x global internet traffic per second
Chargepoint has begun “large scale deployment” of it new Express Plus Power Link 2000, a DC charging station capable of delivering up to 500 kW – twice as fast as Tesla’s V3 Supercharger. The only issue is we only know of one car that can handle it.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: EV Charging, World’s Fastest, Mercedes-Benz
Continue reading New EV charger pushes half a megawatt – but only one car can take it
Chargepoint has begun “large scale deployment” of it new Express Plus Power Link 2000, a DC charging station capable of delivering up to 500 kW – twice as fast as Tesla’s V3 Supercharger. The only issue is we only know of one car that can handle it.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: EV Charging, World’s Fastest, Mercedes-Benz
Continue reading New EV charger pushes half a megawatt – but only one car can take it
For anyone who thinks that all electric boats are essentially just aquatic golf carts, well … think again. A Princeton University student team recently broke a world speed record for electric-powered boats, with an average speed of 114.2 mph (183.8 km/h).
Tags: Princeton University, Electric Boats, World’s Fastest
Continue reading Princeton University student team sets new electric boat speed record
We’ve been covering the promise of five-minute EV charging technology from Israeli tech company StoreDot since a time when electric vehicles were more of an afterthought in the automotive market. Every time it seems like the tech is getting close to ready for real cars or products in the actual real world, things get pushed back or go quiet. But the company says its “100-in-5” batteries are on track for mass production readiness by 2025 and is now teaming with Polestar to present the first full-scale prototype using the extreme fast charging (XFC) battery tech. The Polestar 5 GT will be able to charge as fast as it looks.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Polestar, StoreDot, Battery Technology, EV Charging, World’s Fastest, Electric Vehicles, Battery
Continue reading Polestar prototype to integrate extreme 5-minute fast-charging battery
Electric motors don’t much care whether they’re going forwards or backwards – certainly not as much as passengers tend to. So the latest Guinness World Record for Rimac’s electric Nevera hypercar is the fastest speed ever recorded in reverse.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Electric Vehicles, Rimac Automobili, World Records, World’s Fastest, Crazy, Hypercar
Continue reading Rimac sets outrageous world record for the fastest speed in reverse
The SP80 and Syroco teams have both got their remarkable boats on the water. Looking like a pair of alien spaceships, and pulled by ultra-fast kites instead of sails on masts, both these machines are built to reach terrifying, unprecedented speeds.
Tags: Kite Power, World’s Fastest, Sailing
Continue reading World’s fastest sailboat: Two wild designs hit the water for testing