A car designed by a team of students from the University of Stuttgart in Germany has set the world record for the fastest electric car. The Foerderverein GreenTeam Uni Stuttgart eV accelerated from 0 to 100 km/h in 1,461 seconds. As mentioned on the official Guinness World Record website. The world record was verified at the Robert Bosch campus on September 23. This is the third time that the University of Stuttgart has achieved this feat.
The GreenTeam broke the record for the first time in 2012. They managed an acceleration from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 2.681 seconds. However, teams from the Netherlands and Switzerland have since broken the record. The Stuttgart team again managed to set a new record in 2015, this time at 1.779 seconds. But the Swiss team regained the upper hand in 2016, with a new time of 1,461 seconds.
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Commenting on the achievement, Prof. Wolfram Ressel, Rector of the University, said: “The University of Stuttgart is proud that the GreenTeam has succeeded in setting a new acceleration record for electric vehicles. I’m really excited about what our students have accomplished. Studying at university does not only mean acquiring theoretical knowledge, but also being able to apply it in practice. The GreenTeam engagement is an excellent example of how knowledge transfer can be successful.
The GreenTeam’s first president, Pavel Povolni, also expressed his enthusiasm for bringing the world record back to Germany.
Electric car driver Diogo Silva said: “It was exhausting, but a unique experience and definitely worth the hard work.”
A 20-member team and the associated support association prepared for almost a year to break the world record. The electric car was designed and built in the student workshop on the Vaihingen campus. Weighing just under 145 kilograms, the electric vehicle can produce a maximum power of 180 kilowatts on the road. The car can reach a maximum acceleration of 2.5 g, about the same force that astronauts experience when a rocket re-enters Earth’s atmosphere.
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