World Records

When Mercedes first unveiled its AMG GT XX concept with three axial-flux motors, it had enthusiasts drooling. Only one thing remained: proving its mettle. With more than two dozen world records under its belt, it’s safe to say the car has done just that.

Another air record has been (unofficially) broken as a prop-driven solar/electric aircraft reached the highest altitude yet for its type. On August 12, 2025, a modified Elektra One reached 31,237 feet (9,521 m) in the skies over Switzerland.

Another day, another EV world record smashed. This time by the Polestar 3 SUV, which covered a total of 581.3 miles (935 km) on a single charge, setting a new Guinness World Record in the process.

GM charged out of left field this week to announce a world record, and it's a properly astonishing feat. It managed to push the single-charge EV range record into quadruple digits, beating out the Lucid Air GT by over 300 miles. With a pickup truck.

Axial flux electric motor specialist YASA is teasing how its next-gen motors will redefine expectations. One of its prototype motors has smashed the power density world record, pulling supercar levels of power from a flat, 29-pound package.

Inadequate public charging infrastructure and range anxiety have been the Achilles' heel of EVs. Lucid Motors might have put such problems in the rear-view mirror by breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest journey by an EV on a single charge.

Here's a world record I didn't know needed breaking. Highlining legend Julien Roux has walked on a tightrope drawn between two hot air balloons nearly 14,000 feet up in the air – surpassing the previous best by half a mile in altitude.

Verge Motorcycles has broken and created a new Guinness World Record by riding its Verge TS Pro electric bike the farthest on a single charge. The record-breaking 193-mile (311-km) journey was accomplished in London on March 22.

You’ve got to have a knack for the extraordinary when you smash not one but two Guinness World Records. Stunt rider Magnus Carlsson puts his name to the fastest handlebar-mounted wheelie and the longest distance traveled sitting backwards on a moto.

In the last few days, two of the six most expensive cars in history have sold at auction. One for US$54 million in Germany, the other for $36 million in Paris. We're guessing that with financial storm clouds looming, the world's most astute money managers are seeking a proven economic hedge.

It has taken a long time for a motorcycle to break the million-dollar barrier at auction, and it was almost done twice within a few minutes today in Las Vegas.

Hydrogen-fueled trucks can keep thousands of tons of carbon out of the air every year. A prototype rescue truck from the US Department of Energy shows just how viable the clean-burning haulers are becoming – by bagging a new world record.