Watch The World’s Fastest Accelerating Electric Car Hit 62 MPH In Under A Second

Blink and you’ll miss it.

I remember when a zero to 60 mph time of around 2.5 seconds seemed as quick as humanly possible. But then electric vehicles with their instant torque came along and began showing off their blisteringly quick acceleration. Now, an EV has managed to accelerate up to 62 mph in under a second.

The car in question is a single-seat racer developed by students at the ETH Zürich university and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland. Called Mayhem, the car comprises components that were all developed by students at the two institutions.

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If you can’t quite wrap your head around what that acceleration is like, there’s a video of the record breaking run available to watch above. But for some context, this rapid acceleration is faster than a Formula 1 car, which manages the feat in about 2.6 seconds, and NASA’s space shuttle, which took a leisurely five seconds to reach 60 mph.

In a video of the record attempt shared by the university, Maggetti said that you “really notice that your heart is pounding away” in the buildup to the attempt. But, she added that once you “see it through,” it’s like “being on a rollercoaster with a really, really fast start.”

This is what 1.1 hp per pound looks like.

The speedy run from the ETH Zürich beat the old acceleration record by more than a third. In September 2022, a team from the University of Stuttgart set the acceleration benchmark at 1.461 seconds. Now, the ETH Zürich will take some beating.

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