German Students Set New Electric Car Speed Record
Here in the States we talk about 0-60-mph runs when it comes to discussing the specs and performance of your average performance machine. Across the pond, our enthusiast friends who smartly embrace the metric system, measure a nearly similar jaunt as a car travels from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour. Translated to America-speak, that works out to a 0-62-mph blast.Well, there's a brand new record in this space, and it's blisteringly quick.Hailing from the University of Stuttgart, in Germany, the Green Team Formula students have created an electric vehicle that can run from 0 to 62 milers per hour in just 1.779 seconds. That's seemingly impossibly quick, especially when you compare that figure against all manner of hyperexotic street cars and even top-tier race cars. The Porsche 918 Spyder can make the trip in just 2.5 seconds, depending on who is doing the driving and...