Last year the American supercar company SSC caused a stir when it announced it had set a speed record of 301 07 miles/h (484 53 km/h) one-way and 331 15 miles/h (532 km/h). 93 km/h) in the opposite direction, which means an average of 316 11 mph (508 73 km/h).
Since then this information has made many people suspicious because they noticed inconsistencies in the clip that SSC released.
“There was an error in the way the speed measuring device was set up. We do not lie about the numbers and certainly do not have bad motives or knowledge of errors to still publish the numbers. We truly believed those speeds were initially achieved but when the results were questioned we closely analyzed the differences we found and knew there was no way we could corroborate the numbers. So we know the only option now is to abandon the results of October 2020 and run again to set the record in a different way,” Mr. Shelby said.
By January of this year SSC tried again and reported a result of 282.9 mph (455 2 km/h) after averaging 279 7 mph (450 1 km/h) and returning 286. 1 mile/h (460 4 km/h).
Now founder and CEO of SSC North America, Jerod Shelby, admits that the Tuatara supercar has never exceeded the speed limit 300 miles/h but promises to do it well next time.
In a statement posted on Instagram SSC said: “We would like to officially confirm that we did not achieve an average speed of 508 7 km/h or even 484 km/h as originally announced in October 2020.” SSC said it was “really heartbroken” not to be able to reach a speed of 483 km/h but is trying very hard to achieve that goal as soon as possible. “formally transparent and certain” way in the next run.
This effort would have been made earlier but SSC’s plans were disrupted in May by an accident involving related to the Tuatara supercar transport vehicle.
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