March 27, 2009 By paul
Filed under: Transport
Hiya – Paul here standing in for Dale.
Just thought you might like to know this bit of breaking news from over on the Greenbird site 
Richard and the Ecotricity Greenbird have only gone and smashed the World Land Speed Record for Wind Powered Vehicles!!!
Yay!! Big congrats from all of us Richard!
More details to come soon….
This blog is about answers to the big questions - how will we keep the lights on, what kind of cars will we drive (will we drive?) and how will we feed ourselves - in a post oil world, and a world where we can't afford to keep burning things and throwing things away. Energy, Transport and Food are the three big issues.
Nice performance,
i guess the way is open for even more now!
Congratulations to Dale, Richard and the team! Well done! When is the ice attempt?
Hi Jeffrey, Ice attempt is this winter.
Cheers.
Congrats Richard & Co!
That’s cool…just for the record.
Congrats Richard!
I have a small question: which was a true wind speed and direction? (when you achieve max speed)
Hi Dimitri – all the available stats for the record are on the Greenbird site: http://blog.greenbird.co.uk/2009/04/14/world-record-ratified/
But to answer your question – the wind speed was between 30-40 mph at the time.
Paul