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Volkswagen EV race car smashes Nurburgring lap record!

Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:41 pm
by Newold1
Volkswagens IR-EV race car crushed the Nurburgring lap record time. The current lap record was 6 minutes and 45 seconds. The VW EV race car did the lap at 6 minutes and 5 seconds, blowing away the old record by 40 seconds. Realize this record has no limitation on car type or horsepower so the record was held recently by no slouch of a car and the VW blew it away! Pretty amazing!

Re: Volkswagen EV race car smashes Nurburgring lap record!

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 1:06 am
by SchmidtMotorWorks
Newold1 wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:41 pm Volkswagens IR-EV race car crushed the Nurburgring lap record time. The current lap record was 6 minutes and 45 seconds. The VW EV race car did the lap at 6 minutes and 5 seconds, blowing away the old record by 40 seconds. Realize this record has no limitation on car type or horsepower so the record was held recently by no slouch of a car and the VW blew it away! Pretty amazing!
It is becoming ordinary.

Re: Volkswagen EV race car smashes Nurburgring lap record!

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:31 am
by gunt
your working off the old record , please watch this it is truly savage , its de-restricted hybrid system very interesting engine ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQmSUHhP3ug

Re: Volkswagen EV race car smashes Nurburgring lap record!

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:53 am
by Kevin Johnson
Newold1 wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:41 pm Volkswagens IR-EV race car crushed the Nurburgring lap record time. The current lap record was 6 minutes and 45 seconds. The VW EV race car did the lap at 6 minutes and 5 seconds, blowing away the old record by 40 seconds. Realize this record has no limitation on car type or horsepower so the record was held recently by no slouch of a car and the VW blew it away! Pretty amazing!
https://www.autoblog.com/2019/06/03/vol ... ap-record/

The electric lap record was broken. It was interesting to watch because near the end it was clear the car could not move at as high of velocities as prior. I believe the driver/team said there was only a very minimal charge left at the finish line.

Re: Volkswagen EV race car smashes Nurburgring lap record!

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 7:50 pm
by gruntguru
Kevin Johnson wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:53 am
Newold1 wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:41 pm Volkswagens IR-EV race car crushed the Nurburgring lap record time. The current lap record was 6 minutes and 45 seconds. The VW EV race car did the lap at 6 minutes and 5 seconds, blowing away the old record by 40 seconds. Realize this record has no limitation on car type or horsepower so the record was held recently by no slouch of a car and the VW blew it away! Pretty amazing!
https://www.autoblog.com/2019/06/03/vol ... ap-record/

The electric lap record was broken. It was interesting to watch because near the end it was clear the car could not move at as high of velocities as prior. I believe the driver/team said there was only a very minimal charge left at the finish line.
That would indicate an easy path to even faster lap time - a few kg added battery weight.

Re: Volkswagen EV race car smashes Nurburgring lap record!

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:41 pm
by Kevin Johnson
gruntguru wrote: Thu Jun 06, 2019 7:50 pm
Kevin Johnson wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:53 am
Newold1 wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:41 pm Volkswagens IR-EV race car crushed the Nurburgring lap record time. The current lap record was 6 minutes and 45 seconds. The VW EV race car did the lap at 6 minutes and 5 seconds, blowing away the old record by 40 seconds. Realize this record has no limitation on car type or horsepower so the record was held recently by no slouch of a car and the VW blew it away! Pretty amazing!
https://www.autoblog.com/2019/06/03/vol ... ap-record/

The electric lap record was broken. It was interesting to watch because near the end it was clear the car could not move at as high of velocities as prior. I believe the driver/team said there was only a very minimal charge left at the finish line.
That would indicate an easy path to even faster lap time - a few kg added battery weight.
Even better: eject spent batteries out the back for added thrust! :lol:

Re: Volkswagen EV race car smashes Nurburgring lap record!

Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:57 am
by peejay
Kevin Johnson wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:53 am
Newold1 wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:41 pm Volkswagens IR-EV race car crushed the Nurburgring lap record time. The current lap record was 6 minutes and 45 seconds. The VW EV race car did the lap at 6 minutes and 5 seconds, blowing away the old record by 40 seconds. Realize this record has no limitation on car type or horsepower so the record was held recently by no slouch of a car and the VW blew it away! Pretty amazing!
https://www.autoblog.com/2019/06/03/vol ... ap-record/

The electric lap record was broken. It was interesting to watch because near the end it was clear the car could not move at as high of velocities as prior. I believe the driver/team said there was only a very minimal charge left at the finish line.
The perfectly designed racing vehicle is completely spent after the end of the race.

Re: Volkswagen EV race car smashes Nurburgring lap record!

Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 10:07 am
by Kevin Johnson
This is a different sort of spent. With a petrol engine one could reasonably expect maximum power until the fuel tank was emptied.

Perhaps this is a totally unrealistic expectation for an EV?