Horb am Neckar (dpa/lsw) - Students at the University of Stuttgart wanted to break a world record for acceleration with a self-constructed electric racing car - but canceled the attempt a few hours before the planned start. The reason for this are technical problems that cannot be fixed quickly, said a spokeswoman. "We ask for your understanding that we are currently unable to communicate more and will inform you as soon as we know how things will continue," said a message on Wednesday evening. The world record attempt was planned for Thursday at a fire station in Horb am Neckar (Freudenstadt district).
The aim was to go from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in less than one and a half seconds. The self-proclaimed green team also wanted to bring the record for the fastest accelerating electric vehicle back to Germany. In 2012, the Stuttgart-based company claimed to have set the record by accelerating from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 2.681 seconds. Teams from the Netherlands and Switzerland broke him. In 2015, the Stuttgart team recaptured the title with a time of 1.779 seconds. The Swiss undercut the record just a year later. Since then, it has been a matter of cracking 1.513 seconds.
The Greenteam, founded in 2009, regularly takes part in the international design competition for students "Formula Student". According to earlier information, his carbon racing car weighs almost 145 kilograms and achieves an output of up to 180 kilowatts thanks to four-wheel drive with motors developed in-house and a new high-voltage battery. The vehicle can achieve an acceleration of 2.5g. That is roughly comparable to the force that astronauts experience when the rocket re-enters the earth's atmosphere.
