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posted by chromas on Friday December 07 2018, @09:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the say-it-pulls-water-out-of-thin-air-and-crowd-fund-it dept.

Bloodhound supersonic car project axed

A project to race a car at more than 1,000mph has been axed after it failed to secure a £25m cash injection.

The Bloodhound supersonic vehicle - built with a Rolls-Royce Eurofighter jet engine bolted to a rocket - is all but finished.

The Bristol-based team behind it was aiming to beat the existing land speed world record of 763mph (1,228km/h).

[...] The last two-to-three years have been an especially tough environment in which to raise financial support. The investment landscape is difficult, in part because of Brexit uncertainty, but principally because many large brands that might once have put their name on the side of a car to build awareness are now using other marketing tools, such as social media.

Previously: 3D-Printed Tech to Steer Bloodhound Supersonic Car
Bloodhound Supersonic Car to be Tested in October


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 09 2018, @02:00AM (1 child)

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    by EETech1 (957) on Sunday December 09 2018, @10:28PM (#772112)

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