Toyota Nürburgring electric vehicle record setting lap - in car footage

Toyota has set a new electric vehicle lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife.

Driving a modified Radical, dubbed the EV P001, Jochen Krumbach completed the 20.8 km (12.9 mile) long course in 7 minutes and 47.794 seconds which buried the previous record of 9 minutes and 1.338 seconds that was set by the Peugeot EX1 concept.

According to Rob Leupen, Toyota Motorsport's Director of Business Operations, "This is a very impressive achievement which really shows the huge potential for electric powertrains to deliver fast, exciting action on the race track. There's no doubt that electric motorsport can be every bit as thrilling as traditional racing and it was an amazing sensation to watch the TMG electric vehicle fly past on the Nordschleife, with only the sound of wind rushing past and tires squealing."

As we have previously reported, the P001 features a 41.5 kWh lithium-ceramic battery which powers two electric motors that develop 381 PS (280 kW / 375 hp) and 800 Nm (590 Nm) of torque. This setup enables the 970 kg (2,138 lb) car to accelerate from 0-100 km/h in 3.9 seconds and hit a top speed of 260 km/h (162 mph).

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[Bluepeter62]

@leobusti this is it to you but not to everyone else. I like that sound. An electric motor produces 99% torque and 1% heat, a combustion engine 20% torque and 80% heat, so it is more an oven than a motor. And electric motors need no gears, no time for shifting gears is waisted. We will see which technology is better in the long run, especially when we will run out of oil.

[Bluepeter62]

This was 20.66% slower than the speed record of Stefan Bellof 1983. This means electric race cars have now reached almost 80% of the performance of combustion engines, this is quite remarkable.

[daniel0731ex]

Give me electric or put CVT on ICE. 

[corvettesolos]

I would love to see electric technology advance and flourish in america; it's essentially our only option to cut dependence on foreign oil....but nothing will ever replace the sound of internal combustion...

[darinsargent25]

This is one very "macabre" video. =p

[thelambodudes]

That's fast.

[jackiecastro410]

Your video is a favorite on Kosovo

[AutoTechie20711]

@armorgeddon Imagine this thing with a transmission and not direct drive... As for fuel I think it could just get battery swaps instead if they make it accessible. I drive Forklifts at work and a battery swap on those only take 30 seconds or so. And these are 1000+ lbs batteries.

[armorgeddon]

@Bluepeter62: He probably will have to stop every lap to recharge the batteries, which will take hours, while Bellofs Porsche could do many laps on a tank of fuel and he would be re-fueled in a minute or so. So it's nowhere near 80% and if you consider, that we are comparing 80s technology to todays e-car, imagine how fast a modern petrol car build to group-c-regulations could go. Long way to go if you ask me.

[stypkata85]

torque !.

[fairyheli2]

how many volts?