September 2023: students from ETH Zurich and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts have broken the previous world record for acceleration with their hand-built electric racing car "Mythen".
The driver Kate Maggetti accelerated with the vehicle from 0 to 100 km/h in 0.956 seconds over a distance of 12.3 metres.
During their 2016 world record project they were supported by BMW Group (see
here). No information to what extent BMW Group was also involved this time around, but T-shirts and caps do prominently feature the BMW logo.
https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/e...6-seconds.html
±140 kg vehicle + driver. Two Colin Chapman quotes: "Simplify, then add lightness." + "Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."