The car, which was developed by the Bloodhound Land Speed Record team, is set to break the world land speed record in 2020
The world’s fastest straight-line car was unveiled in South Africa’s Hakskeenpan desert earlier this week. The British-built car, which was developed by the Bloodhound Land Speed Record (BLSR) team, has the ability to push over 500 miles per hour.
Powered by an EJ200 Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine (partially designed by Rolls-Royce), the car will tout 135,000 thrust horsepower, which is equivalent to more than 150 Formula One cars put together. The car also touts precision machined solid aluminium wheels, which are carefully crafted to withstand wear and tear from such intense speeds.
The BLSR team plans to put the car through a variety of tests at the Hakskeenpan desert racetrack before they attempt to break the world land speed record in 2020. One of the key tests will be to see how the car reacts when slowing down and stopping after reaching such high speeds.
Wing Commander Andrew Green, who has driven a previous version of the car in Newquay back in 2017, will remain the test driver leading up to 2020.