TOYOTA SET THE FASTEST LAP AT NURBURGRING CIRCUIT IN AN - JUST CARS

November 25, 2011 8:10 AM AWST

The Toyota Motorsport EV P001, with 100 percent electric powertrain and Jochen Krumbach at the wheel, set a new lap record of 7 minutes 47.794 seconds to beat the previous lap record, which stood at 9 minutes 1.338 seconds, by a very substantial margin.

Toyota set the fastest lap at Nurburgring Circuit in an electric car

Using two electric motors, the Toyota Motorsport electric car has a top speed of 161 mph. The motors’ 800Nm of torque help the car achieve impressive speeds on the extremely challenging Nordschleife track, which includes significant elevation changes and lengthy flat-out sections. The new lap record was completed on road-legal tyres, using the complete Nordschleife track.