The students at ETH Zurich have beaten the previous record for 0-100 km/h (62 mph) acceleration, which was 1.46 seconds, set in 2022 by a team in Germany
ETH Zurich reports that Guinness World Records has confirmed that the Mythen broke the previous world acceleration record for electric vehicles, setting an incredibly high standard for anyone aiming to claim the crown. The previous record was held by a team called Foerderverein GreenTeam Uni Stuttgart e.V, which designed an EV that reached 100 km/h from a standstill in 1.461 seconds on September 23, 2022.
The students are all part of the Academic Motorsports Club Zurich and they’ve been working on the Mythen tirelessly. In total, the entire car weighs just 309 pounds thanks to the extensive use of carbon and aluminum honeycomb. Each wheel houses its own motor for a total system output of about 326 hp .That might sound like a low figure but that’s a power-to-weight ratio that even the most powerful hypercars can’t rival.
“Working on the project in addition to my studies was very intense. But even so, it was a lot of fun working with other students to continually produce new solutions and put into practice what we learned in class. And, of course, it is an absolutely unique experience to be involved in a world record,” says Yann Bernard, head of motor at AMZ.
This is the third time that the AMZ team has achieved this world record. It did so before in 2014 and then again in 2016. Last year, another team in Germany took the record with . Now that the figure is so low, it’ll take unbelievable engineering to do any better than just slight improvements.
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