txchnologist: Can This Electric Car Break 400 Miles Per Hour? by Marsha Lewis, Inside Science TV When you think of electric cars, many people think of slow and small. But, a group of students at The Ohio State University is working on changing that perception by engineering an electric car that can travel up to 307 mph. “It’s the world’s fastest [electric] vehicle. It’s lithium battery powered, four-thousand pounds and 800 horsepower,” said David Cooke, a mechanical engineering student at Ohio State who is working with a team of engineering students to build the fastest electric car yet. Click through to see a video of the Ohio State team’s latest test run. Read More Electrical

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