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Engineering the World’s Fastest Cars with Jason Fenske

Mar 17, 2023

54:09

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Electric Car Batteries Are Bigger Than Jet Fuel

01:41

The Challenge of Hydrogen Launches

01:56

Acceleration Calculation Methodology

01:31

Introduction

2min

How Fast Can a Car Accelerate?

2min

The Engineering Explained Channel on YouTube

3min

Acceleration Calculation Methodology

2min

Exactly. The Tesla Beats the Minute Zero, the 60

2min

How Do You Beat the Acceleration of 1G?

2min

How to Accelerate a Drag Race

2min

The Difference Between an Electric Motor and an Internal Combustion Engine

2min

The Rotating Rotor Engine

2min

10.

Why Would Anyone Want a Wankle Engine?

4min

11.

A Lot of Cars and Engineering Explained

3min

12.

The Real Number of 2.3

3min

13.

Off-Road Tires - What's Going On?

1min

14.

Is It Cheating to Draft a Car Above the Speed?

2min

15.

The Miles Per Gallon Is a Real Phenomenon

2min

16.

I Don't Want to Drag You. You're Not. I'm Making You More Aerodynamic

2min

17.

Can You Get More Power Out of a Motor?

3min

18.

The Challenge Now for Battery Designers

2min

19.

EV's

3min

20.

How Do Engines Work?

3min

21.

Electric Car Batteries Are Bigger Than Jet Fuel

2min

22.

Can We Solve This Airplane Problem Without Using Gasoline?

2min

23.

The Challenge of Hydrogen Launches

2min

24.

Formula One Racing Is Going Sustainable

4min

25.

Is Corn-Based Ethanol the Best Solution?

2min

26.

Putting Poison Into Soil

4min

What's the maximum a car can accelerate? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly learn how fast cars can really go, how tires work, and the differences between combustion and electric cars with host of Engineering Explained, Jason Fenske.

NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/engineering-the-worlds-fastest-cars-with-jason-fenske/

Thanks to our Patrons Brian Flowers, Everett Rubel, Sienna Howlett-Wagner, Scott Ware, and Charles Mugnolo for supporting us this week.

Photo Credit: Maurizio Pesce from Milan, Italia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Engineering the World’s Fastest Cars with Jason Fenske

Electric Car Batteries Are Bigger Than Jet Fuel

The Challenge of Hydrogen Launches

Acceleration Calculation Methodology

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