Hi Tony We can look for our own info but it will not make any difference to the plate we have fitted Allan
On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 2:47 AM, Chris Tromley via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > With all due respect to the Swiss researchers, I believe Plasma Boy was > faster than that a few years ago in his White Zombie - a door-slammer > Datsun 1200 conversion. > > Chris > On Nov 7, 2014 5:39 AM, "brucedp5 via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2820842/The-fastest-little-car-world-Electric-car-smashes-world-record-accelerating-0-100km-h-just-1-8-seconds.html > > The fastest little car in the world: Electric car smashes world record by > > accelerating from 0-100km/h in under 1.8 seconds > > By Mark Prigg 4 November 2014 > > > > [images / ETH Zurich > > > > > http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/04/1415128821993_wps_5_MUST_CREDIT_ETH_Zurich_AN.jpg > > The mini-motor went from from 0 to 100 km/h in 1.785 seconds in under 30 > > metres > > > > > > > http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/04/1415129836077_wps_6_MUST_CREDIT_ETH_Zurich_AN.jpg > > The new record was set at the military airfield in Dübendorf, where the > > vehicle reached a speed of 100 km per hour in less than 30 metres. > > > > > > videos flash > > ] > > > > Called Grimsel and developed by Swiss researchers > > Went from from 0 to 100 km/h in 1.785 seconds in under 30 metres > > > > It may look rather more like a toy car than a hi-tech racing machine, > but > > this mini-racer has become the world's fastest electric car. > > > > Called the Grimsel, and developed by Swiss researchers, it broke the > > previous world record for acceleration by going from 0 to 100 km/h in > 1.785 > > seconds in under 30 metres. > > > > The carbon fibre construction has a total weight of 168 kg and produces > > about 200 hp (147 kW). > > > > The new record was set at the military airfield in Dübendorf, where the > > vehicle reached a speed of 100 km per hour in less than 30 metres. > > > > > > THE GRIMSEL > > > > Total weight of only 168kg > > > > Powered by four AMZ M4 wheel hub motors. > > > > Produce 37kW each at a weight of 3.4kg. > > > > The planetary gearbox which is integrated into the upright transmits the > > torque to accumulated 1630Nm at the wheels. > > > > The chassis is a one piece carbon fibre monocoque > > > > Aerodynamics package produces enough downforce to drive at the ceiling > at > > 110km/h. > > > > > > Raced by the the Formula Student team at the Academic Motorsports Club > > Zurich (AMZ), it beat the previous record of 2.134 seconds, which was > held > > by an electric car built by Delft University of Technology. > > > > The new record was set at the military airfield in Dübendorf, where the > > vehicle reached a speed of 100 km per hour in less than 30 metres. > > > > The new record-breaking vehicle is a Formula Student electric car that > was > > developed and built in less than a year by 30 students at ETH Zurich and > > Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. The ‘grimsel’ is the > fifth > > AMZ electric car and the result of continuous development. > > > > The carbon fibre construction has a total weight of 168 kg and produces > > about 200 hp (147 kW). > > > > A four-wheel drive is implemented with four specially designed wheel hub > > motors, which generate a total torque of 1630 Nm at the wheels. > > Electric car breaks record by accelerating to 100km/h in 1.8secs > > > > By means of traction control, torque distribution is controlled > > individually > > for each wheel to maximise vehicle acceleration. > > > > No other production vehicle in the world has reached a similarly strong > > acceleration. > > > > The ‘grimsel’ celebrated numerous successes at the Formula Student > > international competition this summer. > > > > With more than 500 teams, Formula Student is the world’s biggest > > competition > > for engineers and is held annually at various locations around the globe. > > > > With three overall wins and an average of 920 points out of a possible > > 1,000, the ‘grimsel’ is AMZ’s most successful car. > > > > And with its victories in Austria and Spain, it achieved the two highest > > scores in the European history of Formula Student. > > > > These further strengthened AMZ’s standing at the top of the Formula > Student > > world rankings and demonstrated the potential in electric drive concepts. > > [© Associated Newspapers] > > ... > > > > > https://transportevolved.com/2014/11/05/meet-grimsel-crazy-swiss-electric-car-can-accelerate-formula-one-car/ > > Meet Grimsel, a Crazy Swiss Electric Car That Can Out-Accelerate an > Formula > > One Car > > November 5, 2014 By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield > > ... > > > > > https://www.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2014/11/Grimsel_bricht_Weltrekord.html > > ‘grimsel’ breaks world record > > 03.11.2014 ... set by students from ETH Zurich and Lucerne University of > > Applied Sciences and Arts, who also designed and built the vehicle ... > > ... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimsel_Pass#History > > Grimsel-Pass.ch > > > > > > > > > > For EVLN posts use: > > > > > http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html#nabble+template%2FNamlServlet.jtp%3Fmacro%3Dsearch_page%26node%3D413529%26query%3Devln+-re%26sort%3Ddate > > > > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVrecord-0-100kph-1-785s-Grimsel-ch-e-racer-Out-Accelerate-Formula1-tp4672427.html > > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > > Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141107/7ecbcebd/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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