The University of Stuttgart's 20th student GreenTeam constructed an all-electric, single-seat race car and tested it at the Bosch Research Campus in Renningen, Germany. After technical difficulties forced the students to postpone their first test run in early September, they redetermination of record on October 6.
The student-built racer, coming in at a mere 145 kilograms (320 pounds), consists primarily of carbon fiber. The extremely lightweight carbon racer is fueled by a 180 kilowatt (241 horsepower), all-wheel drive electric powertrain, allowing for peak acceleration of up to 2.5 g. For perspective, F1 cars accelerate at about 2 g.
In 2012, the GreenTeam broke the record, with an acceleration from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 2.681 seconds, thus bringing the record to Stuttgart for the first time. After this record was broken by teams from the Netherlands and Switzerland, the Stuttgart team managed to break the record again in 2015, setting a new best time of 1.779 seconds. In 2016, the Swiss team beat this with a time of 1.513 seconds. This has remained the record to beat ever since. The new best time is 1,461 seconds, thus bringing the record back to Stuttgart.
Source: University of Stuttgart
