The Torpedo In 1902 on Staten Island in New York Walter Baker became the first man to break 100 miles per hour 161 km h in a car His streamlined vehicle Torpedo was also the first car with
Walter Baker The top speed of It had 11 batteries and Electric cars held the Did you know that steered the car the Torpedo was a 14 horsepower land speed record in the Buckeye Bullet Seated behind more than 100 electric motor the late 1890s and broke the electric him E E Denzer miles per hour early 1900s and powered land speed controlled the 161 km h were much faster record at 307 666 brakes than their gasoline miles per hour engined competitors 495 140 km h in 2010 Mechanic Mike says The streamlined design of the Torpedo was far tead of its time Most cars were box shaped On After the crash Baker made two smaller electric cars called the Torpedo
Munro Special On August 26 1967 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah Burt Munro a New Zealander set a world speed record on a modified 1920 Indian motorcycle This record still stands
