New World Speed Record

With station wagons being fitted with 600 bhp automakers are striving to reach new technological advancements with hyper cars, in turn resulting in new top speed records.

Mercedes could risk an engine penalty for Hamilton to make sure he has a massive performance advantage over Verstappen

The Wattman is built to be the fastest electric motorcycle in the world. Former Grand Prix racer Maxi Biaggi clocked an astonishing 455.737 kmph.

Nowadays, there's not much incentive for setting new speed records apart from bragging rights. But, manufacturers still go all guns blazing to break thresholds just to claim that they have the fastest car in the world.

Japanese researchers have set a world record in high-speed, long-distance data transmission with 319 Tbps data transferred over 3,001 kilometres.

The new electric bike will be built on the Lightning LS 218 platform and outfitted with Arcimoto's patented tilting trike technology.

The Venom F5 has front fenders arched in a wolf snarl and a rear roofline ribbed like the back of some ancient reptile. The sides of its body are chiseled back to skeletal proportions; the quad cluster of rear tailpipes looks as if it might as well spew fire. It comes with a 6.6-liter twin-turbo 1,817-horsepower V8 engine and a featherlight weight ...

Biaggi set 11 new electric bike world speed records on the Voxan Wattman electric motorcycle, with an outright top speed of 408 kmph.

The SSC Tuatara is officially now the fastest production car in the world with a top speed of 532.93 kmph, beating the Koenigsegg Agera that had previously set an average speed of 447.23 kmph.

Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric-powered production motorcycle created history by setting new world records for top speed and elapsed time on a drag racing course last week. Three-time Pro Stock Motorcycle champion, Angelle Sampey helped the electric bike clock these world records during the quarter and eighth-mile run. The bike covered the eighth...

Former GP and WSBK racing legend Max Biaggi is looking to hit over 200 mph (320 kmph) riding a modified Voxan electric motorcycle.

As the worst storm in seven years set its eyes on the UK and Europe, a British Airways (BA) flight utilised the strong tail winds and reached Heathrow airport from New York in a record time -- four hours and 56 minutes -- at a subsonic speed of over 1,290 km per hour.

Hurricane Dorian is a storm for the record books, having set new milestones for the strongest hurricane at landfall, based on its 185-mile-per-hour winds (tied for that spot with the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane), and second-strongest hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic based on wind speed alone.

A new model of bullet train set to enter service ahead of the Tokyo Olympics hit a record speed of 360 kilometers (224 miles) per hour in a test run, operator JR Central said.

A man who has set a new world record for the highest speed reached on a tuk tuk says he is "over the moon" at his achievement. Matt Everard, 46, from Essex, UK, set a speed of 119.583 kmph on a tuk tuk at Elvington Airfield.

With station wagons being fitted with 600 bhp automakers are striving to reach new technological advancements with hyper cars, in turn resulting in new top speed records.

Mercedes could risk an engine penalty for Hamilton to make sure he has a massive performance advantage over Verstappen

The Wattman is built to be the fastest electric motorcycle in the world. Former Grand Prix racer Maxi Biaggi clocked an astonishing 455.737 kmph.

Nowadays, there's not much incentive for setting new speed records apart from bragging rights. But, manufacturers still go all guns blazing to break thresholds just to claim that they have the fastest car in the world.

Japanese researchers have set a world record in high-speed, long-distance data transmission with 319 Tbps data transferred over 3,001 kilometres.

The new electric bike will be built on the Lightning LS 218 platform and outfitted with Arcimoto's patented tilting trike technology.

The Venom F5 has front fenders arched in a wolf snarl and a rear roofline ribbed like the back of some ancient reptile. The sides of its body are chiseled back to skeletal proportions; the quad cluster of rear tailpipes looks as if it might as well spew fire. It comes with a 6.6-liter twin-turbo 1,817-horsepower V8 engine and a featherlight weight ...

Biaggi set 11 new electric bike world speed records on the Voxan Wattman electric motorcycle, with an outright top speed of 408 kmph.

The SSC Tuatara is officially now the fastest production car in the world with a top speed of 532.93 kmph, beating the Koenigsegg Agera that had previously set an average speed of 447.23 kmph.

Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric-powered production motorcycle created history by setting new world records for top speed and elapsed time on a drag racing course last week. Three-time Pro Stock Motorcycle champion, Angelle Sampey helped the electric bike clock these world records during the quarter and eighth-mile run. The bike covered the eighth...

Former GP and WSBK racing legend Max Biaggi is looking to hit over 200 mph (320 kmph) riding a modified Voxan electric motorcycle.

As the worst storm in seven years set its eyes on the UK and Europe, a British Airways (BA) flight utilised the strong tail winds and reached Heathrow airport from New York in a record time -- four hours and 56 minutes -- at a subsonic speed of over 1,290 km per hour.

Hurricane Dorian is a storm for the record books, having set new milestones for the strongest hurricane at landfall, based on its 185-mile-per-hour winds (tied for that spot with the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane), and second-strongest hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic based on wind speed alone.

A new model of bullet train set to enter service ahead of the Tokyo Olympics hit a record speed of 360 kilometers (224 miles) per hour in a test run, operator JR Central said.

A man who has set a new world record for the highest speed reached on a tuk tuk says he is "over the moon" at his achievement. Matt Everard, 46, from Essex, UK, set a speed of 119.583 kmph on a tuk tuk at Elvington Airfield.