Collaborate Disseminate
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
U-Boat Works has unveiled “the fastest private submersible ever conceived” – let alone built. The three-person bubble-cabin Super Sub looks like an underwater supercar, and it’s quick enough to cruise, if not sprint, with bottlenose dolphins.
Tags: Submarine, U-Boat Worx, World’s Fastest, Luxury
Continue reading High-speed, super agile Super Sub shows up in the flesh at Monaco
A Swiss student team has absolutely smashed the record for the world’s fastest-accelerating EV. Surreal-looking video shows driver Kate Maggetti rocketing from 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in a staggering time just under one second. Here’s how they did it.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: World’s Fastest, Record-breaking, World Records, ETH Zurich, Electric Vehicles, Crazy
Continue reading 0-100 km/h in less than a second: Swiss EV team destroys world record
High-speed drone racing has just had a shocking “Deep Blue” moment, as an autonomous AI designed by University of Zurich researchers repeatedly forced three world champion-level pilots to eat its dust, showing uncanny precision in dynamic flight.
Category: Drones, Technology
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Drone racing, Racing, World’s Fastest, University of Zurich
Continue reading For the first time, AI dominates humanity’s best in a real-world sport
After breaking 23 production car records in a single day back in May, the Rimac Nevera has now taken on the fabled Nurburgring Nordschliefe track in Germany, and comes away as the fastest electric production car the ‘ring has ever seen.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Rimac Automobili, World’s Fastest, Record-breaking, Nurburgring, Hypercar, Electric Vehicles
Continue reading Record-hungry Rimac sets fastest production EV lap at the Nurburgring
A husband-and-wife precision engineering team has set a new world record standing 1/8th mile time for steam-powered motorcycles. The Force of Nature is effectively a rocket on wheels, and the team says it should go much faster in the next attempt.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Steam Power, Motorcycle, Land+Speed+Records, World’s Fastest
Continue reading Fastest steam-powered motorcycle in history tears up the 1/8th mile
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.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Koenigsegg, Rimac Automobili, Hypercar, World Records, World’s Fastest
Continue reading Koenigsegg Regera grabs the 0-400-0 record back from Rimac