Volvo's Iron Knight racing truck beats two speed records

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN — At a test track in Sweden this week, The Iron Knight racing semi from Volvo Trucks eclipsed international speed records for both 500 and 1,000 metres from a static start.

The racing truck maintained an average speed of 169 km/h and a time of 21.29 seconds for 1,000 metres, and beat the corresponding record for the 500-metre distance, at 131.29 km/h and 13.71 seconds.

With 2400 hp, 6000 Nm of torque and weighing 4.5 tonnes, The Iron Knight has a power-to-weight ratio above 0.5 hp/kg, according to Volvo. …Read the rest of this story

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