Bristol University | News from the University | Land speed record: "An attempt to beat a UK land speed record this weekend is being fuelled by the expertise of electrical engineers at the University of Bristol.
Professor Phil Mellor and a team of PhD Electrical Engineering students will be heading to Pendine Sands in South Wales to see for themselves whether the Bluebird electric car is up to speed.
Bluebird Electric set the current UK Electric Land Speed Record of 137mph in 2000 and it’s hoping to achieve speeds of 150mph this weekend.
Behind the wheel will be Don Wales, who is a descendant of the Campbell family which has amassed over 30 speed records on both land and water over the last 100 years since the first Bluebird race car was built in 1911.
Don’s grandfather was legendary driver Sir Malcolm Campbell who broke the world land speed record on nine occasions between 1924 and 1935, three times at Pendine Sands."
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