UK electric landspeed record smashed
The UK electric landspeed record has been smashed at an airfield near York.
The electric super car Nemesis, driven by Nick Ponting, 21, clocked 148.7 mph, averaged over two runs at Elvington Airfield.
The previous record was 137mph.
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