(Credit: Stefan Majoram/The Bloodhound Project) The world land speed record is in serious jeopardy. That’s because the Bloodhound SSC was unveiled to the world in its final form Thursday in London, and this supersonic chariot won’t just break the land speed record, it’s expected to obliterate it. The Bloodhound represents the collaborative efforts of more than 200 global companies as well as eight years of designing and manufacturing. The team’s efforts have yielded a rocket on wheels that could reach a speed of 1,000 miles per hour — shattering the current world record of 763 mph.
Martin Roper, an events manager at the Bloodhound Technical Centre and one of the team’s fire and rescue officers, told The Verge that they wanted to build a car that would push the world record so far out of sight, no one would attempt to beat the record ever again. Based on the Bloodhound’s ...
