Venturi breaks electric speed record at 576 kmph
Luxury electric car maker Venturi has set a new land speed record for electric vehicles with a top speed of 576 kmph in its Venturi Buckeye Bullet-3. The 3,000-horsepower car also claims an average speed record of 549.4 kmph in the electric vehicle category. The team broke its own top speed record achieved with the Venturi Buckeye Bullet-2.5 in 2010.