Students created an electric car that accelerates to 100 km/h in 0.96 seconds (2 photos + 1 video)

A team of students from Zurich Institute of Technology and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences sets a new acceleration record up to 100 km/h among electric vehicles. The Mythen car they built gained a hundred from a standstill in 0.956 seconds.





Mythen is a car made of carbon fiber and aluminum. He weighs only 140 kilograms. Each wheel drives individual electric motor Together they develop 326 hp. Taking into account the small mass An electric car of this power is quite enough.

The main goal of the project was to provide sufficient grip wheels with the road so that the car can realize its full potential traction. The team assured that they are not going to stop at achieved. This is already the third record on her account, the previous two were in 2014 and 2016.

The result was confirmed by representatives of the Guinness Book of Records. The previous achievement lasted a little less than a year and was overlapped with large stock. In September 2022, the team's electric car Foerderverein GreenTeam Uni Stuttgart e.V showed a time of 1.416 seconds.