A fuel cell-powered race car is set to attempt a land speed record.
The Buckeye Bullet 2 developed by the Ohio State College of Engineering will aim to break the current land speed record of 315 mph for an electric vehicle when it heads to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in August.

The previous record was set by the same team with the Buckeye Bullet, but the next generation vehicle has a series of innovations that could take it up to 350 mph.

Team leader Isaac Harper, who is currently studying mechanical engineering, said: "With the BB2 being the very first hydrogen fuel cell powered streamliner, there are an entirely different set of new challenges that no one has ever solved.

"While the fuel cells themselves have been in production for some time, they were never intended for 350 mph. So with the added performance comes a whole set of exciting and new challenges. You can't Google 'hydrogen fuel cell streamliner' and get back a list of companies that supply pieces and parts. We have had to look outside the box and into different industries for many of the solutions required."

The Buckeye Bullet 2 has already been tested at the Penske Technology Group's wind tunnel in Mooresville, North Carolina, where Nascar stock cars have their aerodynamics tested.

Source:

Buckeye Bullet Races Towards Another Record, 20/04/07

http://buckeyebullet.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html

22/04/07

http://www.fuelcellsworks.com/Supppage7237.html

21/04/07

http://www.h2daily.com/news/hydrogen-race-car-from-ohio-state-20070421-283-50.html

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