Discover how the Bloodhound SSC aims to break the land-speed record, potentially exceeding 1,000 mph with rocket and jet power. powered by an "exotic combination" of jet, rocket, and piston-engine ...

Thompson’s Challenger 2 made a pass of 446.605 mph (718.741 km/h) on August 11 on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, and backed it up the next day with a 450.909-mph (725.668-km/h) pass for an average ...

It's managed 501 mph to be precise in high-speed trials in South Africa. The jet-powered car, driven by pilot Andy Green, is working towards breaking the land speed record. The current record of ...

A driver going 283 mph trying to set a land speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats died Sunday after he lost control of his rocket-like vehicle called the Speed Demon ...

What is aerodynamics? What is speed? What is efficiency? Honestly, we're about to find out, and the one machine to show us how it's done is a friggin velomobile from the minds and hands over at ...

The U.K.-based team behind the Bloodhound SSC land speed record car is running out of money and has been forced to enter into administration, similar to bankruptcy protection. Bloodhound needs to ...

ANDOVER, Mass., March 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The latest episode of the Vicor Powering Innovation podcast explores electrification with Lightning Motorcycle Corp., a company that produces the ...

Race organisers at Utah's famed Bonneville Salt Flats have confirmed that a veteran driver died in a 283mph (455km/h) crash while trying to break the land speed record. Driver Chris Raschke lost ...

A racing driver was killed as he attempted to break a land speed world record on Sunday, after he lost control of his vehicle at speeds approaching 300 mph. Chris Raschke, who was 60, was ...