top speed

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E-bikes are required to show a classification number, which identifies the vehicle’s top speed and motor wattage.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The reason is that changing the power units, as the new engine-battery combination is known, didn’t just change the way the cars reach their top speed; it also reshaped the way they are driven.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Buchan, from Aberdeen, had been driving a black high-performance Audi RS3, which had a top speed of 155mph, at the time of the crash.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

It evolves as athletes accelerate, reach top speed, and begin to fatigue.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

His friend who owns the motorcar set off at top speed, full out and going like the clappers, no lights as usual except the waning gibbous moon on the rise.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein