Buckeye Bullet 2 claims land speed record for fuel cell vehicles, 300.992 mph
We first heard about the Buckeye Bullet 2 about two years ago when we covering the Ford Fusion 999 land speed record project. The student engineering team from Ohio State University was collaborating with engineers from Ford and the two teams shared data on improving performance of the fuel cell and electric motor system. While Ford finished the Fusion program after setting a 207 mph record, the OSU team has soldiered on. This week at the Bonneville Salt Flats the team made another attempt at hitting their target of 300 mph. After making the required two passes in opposite directions, the hydrogen fueled streamliner finally topped the magic mark. Over the flying mile, the car averaged 299.900 mph. In the flying kilometer, the average was 300.992 mph, with a top recorded speed of 304 mph. That makes this the first hydrogen vehicle to top 300 mph and the fastest FIA recorded speed for an electric drive vehicle. The original battery powered Buckeye Bullet 1 has a national record of 314.958 mph and maximum recorded speed of 321.834 mph.
[Source: Buckeye Bullet Blog]
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pmalik 4:38PM (9/24/2009)
Yeah yeah, the wolverine bullet has done better historically...
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Blessed Ossoona 3:50PM (9/27/2009)
Yeah yeah, 5 wins for OSU in a row, soon to be 6.
a 4:58PM (9/24/2009)
11 dudes and 1 girl
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Doug 5:32PM (9/24/2009)
Yeah, pretty much how our Formaula SAE team was. We would have a few girls (and a ton of guys) show up at the beginning of the year, but by the end of the year we were always down to 6-8 guys and MAYBE 1 girl.
letstakeawalk 5:10PM (9/24/2009)
Congratulations to the Buckeye team for setting this new record! How fast will they go next year?
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Bob 5:21PM (9/24/2009)
Great work guys!
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cloudstrifemfx 5:30PM (9/24/2009)
I can't imagine 300 MPH.... I mean really!
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Groagun 5:40PM (9/24/2009)
Is that Ballard, as in the Vancouver fuel cell company that made tones of headlines years ago but has all but disappeared?
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letstakeawalk 6:40PM (9/24/2009)
You must mean the well-known and respected Ballard that is recognized as a world leader in developing and manufacturing fuel cells since 1983? The same.
http://www.ballard.com/
tony 6:43PM (9/24/2009)
Now if only we can get our running backs to that speed. Go bucks!
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Matt 11:09PM (9/24/2009)
Wait...Ford has engineers?
Could have fooled me.
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Redline 10:52AM (9/25/2009)
Geez you're an ass.
Matt 1:43PM (9/25/2009)
Redline:
Any reasonable person looking at the reskinned Super Doodie will tell you that there was not an engineer anywhere near that truck...just a bunch of blind baboons with a t-square and a crayon