NIO EP9: Electric supercar smashes Nürburgring lap record
Posted: May 15, 2017 3:05 PM
NIO EP9 breaks Nürburgring lap record for road-legal vehicles.
By Henry Young CNN
(CNN) — When you’re going through “The Green Hell,” keep going.
An electric supercar has completed a lap of the legendary Nürburgring in six minutes 45.90 seconds, shaving off 2.1 seconds off the previous best time by a road-legal vehicle — set by the Radical SR8LM in 2009.
The NIO EP9 is a full half-minute quicker than the nearest EV challenger — Toyota’s TMG EV P002 — and can now lay claim to being the fastest electric road car on the planet.
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“This is a fabulous achievement for NIO,” Gerry Hughes, head of performance and Next EV Formula E team principal said in a statement. “I am very proud of the team that has worked tirelessly to achieve this accolade.”
The EP9 boasts one megawatt of power, equivalent to 1342 BHP, and a top speed of 194 mph (312 kph).
At full throttle, it can accelerate from standstill to 124 mph (200 kph) in just 7.1 seconds.
The new lap record illustrates the importance of favorable conditions, with driver Peter Dumbreck taking 19.22 seconds off the EP9’s previous time, recorded last October in “inclement” weather.
His new lap of the 12.9-mile (20.7-kilometer) German circuit is 35.73 seconds faster than the nearest Ferrari and more than 47 seconds faster than a Koenigsegg CCX.
Powered by four inboard electric motors, the EP9 also tops the four-wheel drive leaderboard, edging out the Lamborghini Huracan Performante.
But the absolute lap record holder at the Nurburgring remains the Porsche 956, built in 1980s for the FIA World Sportscar Championship.
During the 1983 “1000 km of Nürburgring” endurance race, Germany’s Stefan Bellof recorded a still-unbeaten six minutes 11.13 seconds.
The 73-turn circuit that winds its way through the Eifel mountains was nicknamed “The Green Hell” by triple Formula One world champion Jackie Stewart — winner of three German Grand Prix when races were staged at the track during the 1960s and 1970s.
Going forward, NIO plans to produce a limited run of ten EP9 supercars, made to order.
The price? $1.48 million.
6分45秒90 蔚来EP9正式刷新纽北新纪录
网易汽车5月15日报道 日前，根据蔚来汽车官方信息：在2017年5月12日（下午4点20分31秒），于纽博格林北环赛道，旗下EP9车型以6分45秒90的成绩创造了纽北最新量产车圈速纪录。而当时的赛道气温为18摄氏度、风力为10km/h、公里/小时、试车手为Peter Dumbreck。而该成绩比之前7分05秒12的成绩提升将近20秒。这也也让蔚来EP9超过了此前榜单排名第一的Radical SR8LM（6分48秒），成为目前纽北最快圈速量产车型。
纯电动动力系统，由4台高性能电机以及4个独立变速箱组成，最大输出功率为1000千瓦，最高时速316km/h，0-100km/h加速时间2.7秒，采用弹匣式可换电池系统，快充模式下充满电需45分钟，续航里程为427公里。
纽博格林（Nurburgring）位于德国科隆的南部约70公里处的纽博格（Nurburg）小镇，赛道让其扬名天下，因而纽博格林已经成为该地的新代名词。
纽博格林赛道包含了全长22.8公里的北赛道（Nordschleife）和全长7.7公里的南赛道（Sudschleife），人们常说的赛车圣地纽博格林即指北赛道。
而蔚来EP9等一大票喜爱“刷”圈速的品牌都是在北赛道完成的，而这次蔚来可以说让中国车企首次站在世界舞台的历史最高点。 ?