Venturi's 'bullet car' smashes electric land-speed record
Photos: Electric land speed record: What does it feel like to drive at 370 mph?
Automobile company Venturi is spearheading the charge to break the electric land speed record at the Utah salt flats. It hopes the technology will have applications not just in the sport of Formula E, but also for road cars of the future.
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Photos: Electric land speed record: What does it feel like to drive at 370 mph?
Roger Schroer has been piloting the Venturi land speed vehicles for several years now.
So what's it like to drive at 372 mph (600 kph)? "He is a quiet man, but he likes how it feels" says Venturi's lead project engineer Delphine Biscaye, of Schroer's experience.
So what's it like to drive at 372 mph (600 kph)? "He is a quiet man, but he likes how it feels" says Venturi's lead project engineer Delphine Biscaye, of Schroer's experience.
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Photos: Electric land speed record: What does it feel like to drive at 370 mph?
Biscaye added: "It seems very easy from the way he talks with other drivers -- compared to say Formula E -- because his job is just to go straight."
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Photos: Electric land speed record: What does it feel like to drive at 370 mph?
But of course, straight needn't mean straightforward, elaborates Biscaye: "At the same time, it's very complicated. The speed and acceleration are so extreme, and there's intense vibrations in the wheels."
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Photos: Electric land speed record: What does it feel like to drive at 370 mph?
"You have no real distance reference," says Biscaye of the challenge the salt flats offer. "Just the markers on the side of the road indicating how many miles have past, and a mountain at the end."
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