How fast was the first car speed record?
63.15 km/hAbout 39.2 mph · Run
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set it in an electric car in 1898.
That's about 1.1 times a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
🚗63.15 km/h
🌊the Gulf Stream
By speed: the first speed record is about 9.9× faster than the Gulf Stream.
Things about as fast
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- How fast does a Canada goose fly?64 km/h
- How fast was a Citroën 2CV?64 km/h
- How fast can a zebra run?65 km/h
- How fast can a camel run?65 km/h
- How fast was the SS United States?65.9 km/h
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