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Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) sponsors World Landspeed Record Challenge


A leading Chinese automotive group - Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) - is a prime sponsor and Official Automotive Partner in a 3-year agreement with The BLOODHOUND Project FG Wilson dealer, Power Electrics, is one of the sponsors of Bloodhound SSC, an exciting education initiative set to inspire a new generation of scientists, engineers and mathematicians with a 1,000mph land speed record attempt, reports IPA.


The BLOODHOUND


Project is proud to announce Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) as its prime sponsor and Official Automotive Partner in a 3-year agreement. The leading Chinese


automotive group will provide technical as well as financial support to the Project and promote its Inspirational Programme throughout Asia. ZGH is the largest


privately-owned Chinese Auto Group and has grown rapidly over the last few decades. The parent company to Geely Auto, ZGH, also owns Volvo Car Group and London Taxi Company. FG Wilson dealer, Power Electrics, is amongst the sponsors of the Bloodhound SSC, an exciting education initiative set to inspire a new generation of engineers with the 1,000mph land speed record attempt. Bloodhound will be


“Bloodhound will be powered by a jet from a Eurofighter- Typhoon fighter together with a rocket hotter than a volcano.”


- FG Wilson


powered by a jet from a Eurofighter-Typhoon fighter together with a rocket hotter than a volcano. With its huge metal wheels spinning 170 times a second, the equivalent of 135,000 horsepower, Blood- hound will cover a mile in just 3.6 seconds, faster than a bullet. Power Electrics is playing


a key role in ensuring that the Bloodhound project has the temporary power it needs to design and build a car to break the record. As part of a major


Independent Power Asia September 2017 www.gmp.uk.com


ongoing sponsorship deal, the company is supplying the Bloodhound team with diesel generator sets and ancillary equipment for its major events across the UK. The expectation is that


Bloodhound will head to Hakskeen Pan - a dried-out lake bed in Northern Cape, South Africa - in 2018 to begin its assault on an initial 800 mph target before then advancing to the 1,000 mph target. Founded in 1963, Power Electrics is a specialist


in diesel generator hire, sales, service and parts and operate from five locations across the UK. It has the UK's largest purpose-built generator depot, with a fleet of over 1,000 generators and 15 HGVs.


You can find out more


about the Bloodhound project at www.bloodhoundssc.com and about Power Electrics’ involvement at: www.powerelectrics.com/


about/bloodhound-ssc


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