Yes, it’s not the fastest electric vehicle around the Nurburgring, but the Audi R8 e-tron, which goes on sale later this year, has set the fastest lap time around the famous German race track for a production-destined EV.
Racing driver Markus Winkelhock piloted the high-performance, all-electric-drive sports car around the demanding 20.8-kilometer (12.92-mile) track in 8:09.099 minutes.
It beats the 9min1sec mark set by Peugeot with its one-off EX1 concept car back in April. A subsequent attempt by Toyota in an electric powered Radical race car called the TMG EV P001 netted a non-production car Nürburgring lap time of 7mins48sec.
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