Student-Built Electric Racecar Smashes 0-62 MPH World Record

When you think of ultimate 0-60 mile per hour records, you might readily quote some racecar stats. Or you may even quote some of the modern day hybrid hypercar stats. But those sub-three second times that these cars enjoy just can’t claim the top spot. At least not anymore.

Back off, McLaren, a group of students from the University of Stuttgart are now the reigning champs. The current record now stands at a frankly preposterous 1.7 seconds, and it was set by using an all-electric, all-wheel drive, Formula Student competition car.

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