While the Nurburgring is the scene for heated competition for carmakers testing out their latest sports models and bragging about lap times, it’s rare that an electric vehicle tackles the track. That will surely change in the future and getting its name on the board early is the Peugeot EX1 which has set a new electric car lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife with a 9:01.338-minute run.
The previous lap record set by an electric car belonged to the Mini E racer, which lapped the German track last year in a more leisurely 9 minutes and 51.45 seconds.
The fully-electric Pug, averaged 136kph on its record-setting run. Peugeot has promised to release a video of the EX1 tearing up the Nordschleife, but for now we’ll have to wait.
The lightweight, four-wheel drive EX1 was originally built to mark Peugeot’s 200th birthday, and is powered by a pair of electric motors. Each electric motor produces 125 kW for a combined output of 250kW and 240Nm of torque. Energy comes through a high-output lithium-ion battery pack. Read the rest of this entry »
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Apparently, the Concept M5 is around 99 percent production ready, so the production model should look almost identical to the vehicle in the official images.
aesthetic also features no B-pillars and rear hinged doors that open up in a clamshell style. The concept also features huge 20-inch wheels which further the square theme and come wrapped in 20-inch rubber. Apparently the design is influenced by Asian Celadon-style pottery with asymmetrical shapes that reflect in the roof design and dotted LED front lights.
headlights. Elsewhere, there’s a body-color tonneau cover and 20-inch alloy wheels with Cooper Zeon off-road tyres.