News Article

Aug 17 2012

New World Records

Bonneville Salt Flats

Saminco M1 series of AC Traction Drives are now part of 3 world land speed records for electric vehicles. The Ohio State University Buckeye Bullet 2 and the Ford Fusion 999 both successfully ran over 200MPH during speed week 07 and the world finals. Both of these vehicles are powered by the Saminco M1-500 AC Traction Drive. The same M1-500 drive technology took The Ohio State University Buckeye Bullet to over 321MPH in 2004