This Tiny Little Electric Racer Just Did 0-62mph In A Record-Breaking 1.5sec
An ultra-lightweight, electric-powered 'Formula Student' car has broken the 0-62mph world record with a stunning 1.513 second effort
This isn’t the first time we’ve featured ‘Grimsel’, the crazy little electric car built by students at AMZ Racing. A couple of years ago the car managed to hit 62mph from rest in 1.785sec, breaking the previous record of 2.134 seconds.
The car is powered by four motors - one for each hub - producing 49bhp apiece. The torque output is more impressive though, as Grimsel has a combined 1200lb ft to play with, which is transferred to the tarmac using clever traction control and torque vectoring systems. The whole thing weighs just 168kg.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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No sh*t. It’s electric and weighs about the same as a coin.
I would love to race that thing. A racing series with formula student cars would be fun
My fully-upgraded Caterham Seven in Forza Horizon 2 can do it faster than this, but that was a great effort!
That reminded me of this
https://youtu.be/SUGVd2GwtZo
What is that thinggg
Lol power to weight
How does this thing hold the record for fastest time from 0-60 when a topfuel dragster can hit 0-100 in 0.8 seconds
Big wang, ALL WHEEL DRIIIIIVE. Theo would aprove
What.. Is.. That..