► Electric supercar launched under new NIO brand
► 1341bhp, 194mph top speed, 0-124mph in 7.1sec
► Fastest electric car around the Nurburgring
Nascent electric car brand NIO has announced its new electric supercar, badged the NIO EP9, has broken the Nurburgring Nordschleife lap record for road-legal cars.
The 6m45.9s lap was set on Friday 12 May 2017, beating the car’s previous best time of 7m05.12s recorded in October 2016 and going even faster than Radical’s long-standing SR8 LM record. The NIO EP9 set the record on bespoke tyres designed specifically for the record attempt to deal with the car's significant downforce levels - it's claimed to be capable of cornering at 3g.
For comparison, Mercedes-AMG’s all-electric SLS recorded a 7min 56.23sec lap in 2013.
The EP9 has also previously completed a high-speed lap of the Circuit of the Americas in Texas in autonomous mode, without the input of a driver. There was definitely a driver at the wheel at the Nordschleife, however...
You can watch the on-board video of the NIO EP9’s record lap below:
tags: breed of speed , electric car lap record , nurburgring record , nathan finneman , colorado , racing , electric racecar
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