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Video: From 0 To 100 In Record Time

Written by Christina O'Handley | July 13, 2016

Engineering students at ETH Zurich and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts claimed a new world record while completing their latest motorsports project.

In less than a year, members of the Formula Student team at the Academic Motorsports Club in Zurich made an electric car called the Grimsel. It can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 1.513 seconds over a distance of less than 30 meters, breaking the previous record of of 1.779 seconds, which was set in 2013.

See the Grimsel electric car in action and learn how it was made. Watch the video from Industrial Equipment News.