The Buckeye Bullet is the name of a series of student-built, alternative-fuel race cars created by The Ohio State University

Ohio State University

The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...

 students led by Dr. Giorgio Rizzoni at the Center for Automotive Research

Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research

The Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research is an interdisciplinary research center within the Ohio State University . OSU CAR focuses on advanced electric propulsion and energy storage systems; advanced engines and alternative fuels for reduced fuel consumption and emissions;...

. The cars are designed to run on the world-famous Bonneville Speedway

Bonneville Speedway

Bonneville Speedway is an area of the Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah, that is marked out for motor sports. It is particularly noted as the venue for numerous land speed records....

, just outside of Wendover, Utah

Wendover, Utah

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The Buckeye Bullet team is composed of students from The Ohio State University, primarily through the College of Engineering. The team is provided research space from the Center of Automotive Research at the university.
All Buckeye Bullet vehicles have been electrically powered, with power coming from either batteries or hydrogen fuel cells.

The Buckeye Bullet 1 is a battery electric powered land speed race car, and the first from the Buckeye Bullet team.

The Buckeye Bullet 1 holds the distinction of being the world's fastest electric car

Electric car

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 with a top recorded speed of 321.834 mph (517.942 km/h).