In case you were wondering how the electric technology is doing nowadays, here’s Venturi giving an answer
The VVB-3 electric vehicle managed to surpass Venturi's Buckeye Bullet 2.5 world speed record of 307.7 mph (495 km/h). This shouldn't come as a surprise, though, as the VVB-3 is world's most powerful electric car.
On Monday, Venturi broke another electric vehicle world speed record, five years after they broke another one. Yes, it seems Venturi is set to push the limits and demonstrate once more that electricity is not boring.
So, although it looks like the longest battery rack you've ever seen, the $6-million VVB-3 packs around 3,000 hp ready to hum their way to amazing speeds. Hence the freshly achieved world record.
Venturi VBB-3 set the bar at 341.4 mph (549.4 km/h), with a top speed peak of 358 mph (576 km/h) – the official figure, when attaining a world record, is the arithmetic mean of two consecutive runs.
Believe it or not, this is far behind what the VVB-3 can actually do – its theoretical top speed being 440 mph (708 km/h). At the moment, its most important drag (pun intended) is finding optimal runway conditions; Venturi and their friends at the Ohio State University are trying to find one since 2013 – the year VVB-3 became functional.
Of course, you'll be hearing about them soon enough, as Venturi isn't going to stop here. Giorgio Rizzoni, CAR research director, mentioned that "the progress made this year is a very important step in the quest to reach the 400-mph (644 km/h) goal."