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Eco Motorcycles: Lightning Motorcycles upsets land speed record hitting 166mph

Anupam — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:14:59 +0000

Eco Factor: Zero-emission motorcycle powered by electric batteries. Last month we saw Mission Motors break the land speed record for an all-electric motorcycle by hitting a speed of 150mph. The record did show the potential of...

Eco Motorcycles: Electric motorcycle sets the Salt Flats on fire, clocking at 150mph

Anupam — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:36:38 +0000

Eco Factor: Electric bike by Mission Motors smashes land speed record. Mission Motors has proved that the company is not just riding hype by smashing the land speed record for electric motorcycles by clocking at 150mph at Utah’s Bonneville...

Steam Powered car races across the century old speed record

Harshpaul — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:57:38 +0000

The British steam powered race car has met success in setting record for the fastest steam powered car. And it’s about time that someone went past the previous record of 127.659 mph that was set way back in 1906. This steam powered car, driven...

British steam car finally topples the world land speed record

Bharat — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:47:02 +0000

It stood there for over a century – the 127mph world land speed record that American Fred Marriot had managed in 1906. It was however at the Edwards air base, in the Mojave Desert, yesterday August 25 that the British made steam car toppled the...

Eco Cars: American engineer shatters land speed record in a hydrogen-fueled car

Anupam — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:25:36 +0000

Eco Factor: Zero-emission car powered by hydrogen gas. An American engineer and stuntman, Jesse James has more about him other than his marriage to actress Sandra Bullock. The stuntman has recently entered into the record books with...

Jesse James creates new land speed record for a hydrogen powered vehicle

Harshpaul — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:18:40 +0000

The upcoming season of the TV show Jesse James Is A Dead Man will show Jesse James breaking the land speed record for a hydrogen powered vehicle. He built his record-braking vehicle on a Streamliner from the 1960s. The Streamliner has taken...

Jet bike claims land speed record of 200 mph in 7.887 seconds

Madan — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:46:46 +0000

The latest buzz in the world of speed is a new jet bike that is being touted as world’s fastest after it crossed the 200 mph speed barrier in just 7.887 seconds. There are no detailed specifications available, except that it is propelled...

Jet-powered R/C car to take a shot at the land speed record

Harshpaul — Sat, 23 May 2009 11:37:16 +0000

Rick Kelly is getting ready for an attempt to the land speed record for the jet-powered radio controlled car, the Red Bull Mojet T40. The hand-built car is powered by two turbojets that should take it to 150kmph. The car is 1:10 scale replica of...

Jet powered r/c car to attempt new land speed record

Piyush — Sat, 16 May 2009 10:37:24 +0000

If everything goes as per Rick Kelly’s (V8 Supercar Championship winner 2006) plan, this coming Wednesday could see a new chapter being created in the history of small-scale automotives. He plans to take his Red Bull Mojet T40, a jet-...

Steam powered supercar gearing to topple land speed record

Bharat — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:29:42 +0000

When automotive world’s going electric, there are some conventional designers who’d do anything for a record – even if it takes powering cars with steam. In pursuit, aiming to overrun the land speed record, some likeminded...