In the last few days we have eagerly followed how the news of our little red record-breaking car has spread around the globe.

The amount of sources that has written about us are now so many that we no longer have a chance to refer to all of them, but except for the prevously mentioned Sweden and the Netherlands, we have also been noticed in France, Italy, Great Britain, Australia, Japan and Russia. The explanation is perhaps the English translation of our original Swedish press release – you can find it here.

We are of course glad for the attention, although we have to admit it creates some performance anxiety before the race in May. It seems the results of our efforts are appreciated by others, especially since we have moved beyond the stage of talking and actually achieved something environmentally friendly, and that is of course a positive thing.

This week the project has moved into a new phase. The concept development and system-level design are completed, as well as the production planning, and now begins the extensive detail-design and manufacturing/ordering/modification of parts section. This has been a key part of the earlier projects, and judging from them our progress at this stage will be crucial for the quality of the final results.

Some of you have asked for more contemporary images and movies from the car, and of course we have some more to share! These are the official images from the test run:

Photos: Leif Nyberg

And here are some movie clips of the car:

• A warm-up lap during one of the test-runs

• An indoors trial race as a preparation for measurement (Note the ICE kicking in at 9 sec)

• Baldos II on the winter roads of Luleå

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