Peugeot EX1 Now Holds The Electric Car Lap Record At Nurburgring

Posted by LiAqAt on May 8th, 2011 // 19 Comments

Peugeot EX1, the all-electric concept car now holds the electric car lap record at Germany’s Nürburgring circuit. The car was unveiled at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, and has already broken half a dozen speed records up till now. Elon Musk has also turned out some speedy electric cars. The Tesla Roadster speeds from 0-60mph in under four seconds.

Update: Toyota EV P001 has smashed the electric car lap record at Nurburgring.

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Despite wet weather, Ex1 broke the existing record with a time of 9 minutes and 1.338 seconds, beating the previous record set by modified MINI E electric car, by almost 50 seconds. The 340 horsepower EX1 averaged an impressive 85.9 miles per hour during the lap.

Check out the Photo Gallery of Peugeot EX1 here.

Check Out Our List Of Top 10 Electric Cars For 2011.

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ETK

Wow, that car is ugly.

VikingEngineer

Your vision must be skewed.

HDThoreau

Would be nice if they actually mass produced a domesticated version of this. But knowing Peugot, they'll sell a plastic box with a go cart engine and screw it up.
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It would be nice if the article mentioned what the gas record is for a wet track.. re: how far off the mark is electric..

Matthew

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring_lap…

Looks like with semi-wet conditions 7:24.22 Nissan GT-R (2011) and 7:27.82 Pagani Zonda F Clubsport

Shon

So the new batmobile is going to be a peugeot then eh?
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West

To the Batmobile Robin!
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aaron

i could do that quicker in a van

http://www.gizmocrazed.com/ Mightee

lol:D
good luck for that mate!

JBee

That's slightly faster than a production model Ford Focus RS – see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring_lap… for the full list of production cars and lap times – there's a LOT quicker than 9mins
vinny

top gear did the track in less than 10 minutes with a cargo van.
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doofus

9 min is nothing to brag about. Time to go back to the drawing board fellas!
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