On March 26th, on the ‘dry’ Lake Ivanpah, California, The Ecotricity Greenbird driven by British engineer, Richard Jenkins smashed the world land speed record for wind powered vehicles. The Greenbird clocked 126.1 mph (202.9 km/h) , eclipsing the old, American held, record of 116 mph , set by Bob Schumacher in the Iron Duck in March 1999 at the same location. The team hopes to both better that new record, and continue to work toward breaking the ice record in Winter 2009/10.
The Greenbird is two vehicles: a land craft and an ice craft, powered only by the wind. The project’s aim is to break both the land and ice world speed records.
The project is a partnership between Ecotricity (UK’s first & largest independent green electricity company), and engineer Richard Jenkins (founder of the Windjet Project). The team is all British, independent, visionary, passionate and utterly committed to envisioning a zero carbon transportation future.