Full article at:A team of Swiss student engineers has set a new Guinness world record for acceleration by building and racing an electric racing car that went from zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 1.513 seconds.
The grimsel car smashed the previous record by more than a quarter of a second during its run on Wednesday at the Dubendorf air base near Zurich, reaching the landmark speed on 30 metres (98 feet) of track.
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Electric car hits 100 km/h in 1.5 seconds, sets new acceleration record