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Good news! The Peugeot EX1 has set a new lap record at the Nurburgring for electric cars.
Batman's weekend car smashed the previous electric record of 9:51.45 seconds set last year - by a Mini E, admittedly - by clocking a time of 9:01.338 seconds at an average speed of 86mph. This, despite weather conditions being ‘far from favourable'.
See more pics of the EX1 at the Nurburgring
Peugeot say the run was recognised by WIGE Performance, the official time-keeping body for the Nordschleife, while behind the wheel was a man called Stephane Caillet: driver and tuner-technician, and someone about to be given a mostly golden handshake.
Put into perspective, it's quite a way off the Radical's 6:48 seconds, but it is faster than a Lupo GTI. Don't forget, the EX1 packs 340bhp from two electric motors - one on each axle - and will hit 0-62mph in 2.5 seconds. It also sounds like a very happy tube line.
What's more important is that electric cars are getting faster. And that is good news indeed.
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1967-DB6 commented on this article
at 01:14 pm on 03 May 2011
wow thats fast for an electric car
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Peyton94 commented on this article
at 01:21 pm on 03 May 2011
Nice time. I wanna see tesla beat that.
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Nice time. I wanna see tesla beat that.
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at 02:23 pm on 03 May 2011
It's faster than a Diesel Jag driven by an english car reporter! It's faster than a Ford van driven by a german car racer! ... dear God, when do we french start making real cars...
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Takk commented on this article
at 03:26 pm on 03 May 2011
The real question is: could it do two laps in a row?
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