A group of students at the University of New South Wales in Australia — officially the “Sunswift” project — recently set a new world speed record for an electric vehicle at the Australian Automotive research Center in Victoria.
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The Sunswift car averaged 62 mph over 311 miles, beating out the 26 year old previous record of 45 mph over 311 miles.