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MISSION 01. THE VENTURI JAMAIS CONTENTE - THE VENTURI BUCKEYE BULLET
110 years after being the first vehicle in all categories to go ...
MISSION 01. THE VENTURI JAMAIS CONTENTE - THE VENTURI BUCKEYE BULLET
110 years after being the first vehicle in all categories to go faster than 60 mph (65.2 mph in April 1899), the salt flats in Bonneville, Utah, saw the Jamais Contentes descendant reaching about 302 mph (487 km/h), and establishing a new world speed record for an electric drive vehicle and moreover equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell.
The Venturi Buckeye Bullet is now officially one of the few land vehicles having passed the symbolic speed of 300 mph.
September 25th, 2009, USAC (United States Auto Club) timekeepers have registered these two new world records, 302,88 mph (487,43 km/h) and 303,03 mph (487,67 km/h) (average speeds respectively calculated on 1 mile and 1 kilometer in both ways, subject to FIA homologation).
The Venturi Buckeye Bullet, nicknamed Venturi Jamais Contente in France, is a 750 hp electric record car developed in partnership with the Ohio State University (OSU). This is part of a 3 year program during which this Streamliner will attempt to break, in 2010 and 2011, some other records and will establish new references in the high performance electric vehicle field.
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