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100 km/h (62 mph) barrier has been broken! It was done by “Jamais
Contente” (Never Settle) a battery-run vehicle, whose body was made
of partinium (an aluminium, tungsten and laminated magnesium alloy). Camille
Jenatzy, the Belgian racer achieved this feat in 1899 (with 105.88 km/h.)
He ordered this vehicle, with a shell-like form, from the car designer
Rothschild in order to break the world speed record. An environmental
car before they existed…. |
