top speed

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The Light Bee retails for around $4,500 and claims a top speed of 46 mph.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The skin of the plane would need to withstand temperatures up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit at top speed, and zero degrees—the external temperature—when the plane came to lower altitudes and slower speeds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The boy’s electric motorcycle was a 2025 Surron Ultra Bee, advertised by Surron as capable of reaching a top speed of 56 mph.

From Los Angeles Times • 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

I ran at top speed for, I think, a minute or more.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien