In a plume of salt crystals, students from Ohio State University's Center for Auto Research witnessed their electric-powered racer make history, reports the
New York Times.
The Buckeye Bullet 2.5 averaged 307.7 miles per hour in back-to-back runs on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats, obliterating the previous record of 245.5 m.p.h., set in 1999.
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