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Built by student engineers at Ohio State University’s Center for Automotive Research, the all-electric Venturi Buckeye Bullet “achieved an average speed of 307.7 mph during a two-run pass at the Bonneville Salt Flats on Tuesday.” Video after the break. Click here for more pictures.

The team is mum on details about the battery pack in Venturi Buckeye Bullet V 2.5, but CAR says it’s capable of providing instantaneous power of more than 600 kW. The pack reportedly uses 1,600 cells.

[via Wired]

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