Fastest electric-powered vehicle

What to remember

On 19 September 2016, Roger Schroer drove the Venturi Buckeye Bullet 3 to 550.627 km/h (342.144 mph), a speed certified by the FIA for an electric-powered vehicle. The experimental car came out of a joint project between Venturi and students of Ohio State University, known as the Buckeyes.

The Buckeye Bullet series counts four experimental electric cars, all built to break records on the Bonneville Speedway, a salt flat just outside Wendover, Utah. The team first reached its goal in October 2004 at 437.318 km/h over the mile, pushed the mile record to 495.140 km/h in 2009, and in 2016 set a one-kilometre record of 549.211 km/h.

The cars have also gone by the name Jamais Contente, a nod to the first electric vehicle to top 100 km/h.