Credit: AMZ Racing/Gizmag
* awaiting official ratification by the Guinness Book of World Records
Built by students from ETH Zurich & Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts in Switzerland, for the Formula Student international competition. Design & construction time was less than 12 months. Total output is only 147 kW (200 hp). Available power is put to best use by:
• carbon fibre construction, including monocoque chassis & wheel rims, limits mass to 168 kg (370 lb)
• hub motors drive all 4 wheels, with individual electronic traction control
Video of the 0-100 kph run:
This vehicle is so competent, none of the drama comes through in either video. Over so soon too! ;)
From the driver's seat, it must feel very different. Witness this description of 0-100 in 3.2 seconds in a McLaren F1: "It was among the most shattering few seconds of my life ... I just hung the hell on as the world melted into a smear."
http://www.gizmag.com/electric-car-world-record-acceleration-eth/34563/ / students ETH Zurich Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts new world record electric vehicle EV car acceleration EV dubbed Grimsel students previous record Delft University military airfield Dübendorf Switzerland awaiting official ratification ETH Zurich Lucerne University constructed carbon fiber total weight 168 kg 370 lb generates 147 kW 200 hp integrated planetary gearbox AMZ M4 wheel hub motors 37 kW 50 hp tire-shredding 1630 Nm 1200 ft-lb torque powerful electronic traction control torque distribution precisely control each wheel hub motor chassis one-piece carbon fiber monocoque very light very strong torsional stiffness of 4500 Nm/deg3319 ft-lb/deg one piece carbon fiber rims pushrod suspension many successes Formula Student international competition wins AMZ Racing /
