'World's fastest car' unveiled - and it can reach staggering speeds of over 500mphIt’s powered by a EJ200 Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine (Image: Bloodhound LSR)The ‘world’s fastest straight-line car’ has been unveiled in South Africa’s Hakskeenpan desert.The car, which has been developed by the Bloodhound Land Speed Record (BLSR) team, can travel at staggering speeds of over 500 miles/hour, and could break the world land speed record in 2020. The BLSR team will put the car through its paces at the Hakskeenpan desert racetrack, before attempting to break the world land speed record next year. For More of This and Other Stories, Grab Your Copy of the Standard Newspaper. SEE ALSO :Forbes releases list of highest paid comediansThis system uses stations every 1km along the track, which record wind speed and direction - which are key when the car is going at such speed. Peter Karney, a spokesperson for Digital Catapult, the firm behind the technology, explained: “The car is aiming to go faster than any other land-based machine built thus far.

Source: Standard Digital November 11, 2019 08:29 UTC