BBC NEWS 24 141 17 Sep 13:39/55 ************ ************************** * *** *** ** ************** ************ ************** 2/7 ELECTRIC CAR LAND-SPEED BID BY UK TEAM A British team is making its final preparations for an attempt on the world land-speed record for an electric car.
The team includes the grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell, who set land speed records in the 1920s and 30s.
At the moment the record of 215mph is held by an American.
Bluebird 2 - named after Campbell's record setting car - is being tested at Wroughton airfield, near Swindon.
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