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. 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.

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[via Autoblog]

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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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Peugeot EX1 Now Holds The Electric Car Lap Record At Nurburgring

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. The Tesla Roadster speeds from 0-60mph in under four seconds.

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