….although I expect is costs a bob or two to replace the batteries!
Toyota’s TMG EV P001, with an 100% electric powertrain and Jochen Krumbach at the wheel, has just set a new lap record of 7 minutes 47.794 seconds – that’s quicker than a 380 bhp Porsche 911 Carerra S.
Prior to the 29 August record run, TMG’s ambition had been to become the first electric vehicle to break the eight-minute barrier and this was achieved comfortably on a day when the notoriously changeable Nürburgring weather stayed fine, although track temperatures were relatively low.
Using two electric motors, the TMG electric powertrain has a top speed of 163 mph, which combined with 800Nm of torque enabled the TMG EV P001 to achieve impressive speeds on the challenging Nordschleife track.
The TMG EV P001 is based on a Radical chassis which was then modified by TMG and the new lap record was completed on road-legal tyres, using the complete Nordschleife track. Lap times were verified by independent observers.
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Kinnell, FEEG, so do I.
Remarkable, pity that Toyota Motorsport didn’t give us an inset with the speedometer reading, I’d have been keen to see the top speeds and acceleration.
I wouldn’t mind one parked in my driveway 😉
OK it’s quick, but look at it from the outside?
It’s two coats of Hammerite away from Penelope Pitstop for crying out loud.
It sounds sooooo wrong! And its handling looks rather iffy too!
It’s a beginning!
The first electric car was invented 100 years ago and it travelled twenty feet before stopping.
A year later the range doubled when someone invented the extension lead.
They tested a similar motor on Top Gear. It did indeed perform as stated on the box…for about three laps, then you had to plug it into the wall again.
Now this, however…5.0 litre V8 supercharged petrol, 0-60 4.2 sec. Top speed 186 mph…
I drool!
Bravo: I’m with you, the Jag’s a wee bit underpowered but that’s their style. I’ll happily take the TOY-ota on any real world winters day with my V-8 diesel pickup truck, first home after 700 miles takes the prize, no refueling allowed.
one thing about electric cars that every one forgets, the batteries have a limited life and cost thousands to replace. Life is between 5 and 8 years at present. So after that the car is scrap. not very green compared to a diesel.
Very true. However if the power was derived from the latest type of fuel cells, it would make more sense. Also, if those damn windmills were used purely to generate hydrogen from water, the problem of energy storage goes away, although I think that electrolysis of water is not the most efficient process. Also, either diesels are very dirty or very expensive to run when the particulate filter goes belly up.