EX1, the fastest electric car in Nürburgring
For better or for worse, and although they have a long life of internal combustion engines, we have to get used to the idea of \u200b\u200belectric cars are here to stay, and although by the time its introduction in the market is purely anecdotal and the technology is still in its infancy in many ways, for example on issues such as autonomy or charging points, the future (or at least part of it) will be electric vehicles. Manufacturers, aware of it, continue to invest time and effort into it, but often appear to be in the background.
Evidence that electric cars are progressing step by step we have here, with the Peugeot EX1. I know, not all expect the car parked in the street, but should be viewed as an exercise in design and applied technology, and their time at the Nürburgring is good proof, widely beating the lap record for electric vehicles in almost a minute, which was established so far by the Mini E Race stopping the clock in 9:01.338.
is true, it looks like a spectacular time when compared to the absolute record time Nordschleife or other more modest models of gasoline, but you have to give it its true value. For relative comparisons, it is a time very similar to the much less powerful models as in the case of Renault Twingo RS (133 CV), Suzuki Swift Sport (125 hp) and slightly faster than a Fiat Grande Punto Abarth esseesse (180 hp) .
should also be borne in mind that not all power, and in these cases, despite overcoming a ton of weight, probably the developments of the gearbox can allow higher maximum speeds at long straights.
Peugeot Recall that the EX1 is a fully electric roadster with 340 hp and 480 Nm of torque, numbers that allow you to really respectable catapult from 0 to 100 km / h in 3.5 seconds with a weight of only 750 Kg . The Nordschleife lap record of 9:01.338 in, carried by the pilot Stéphane Caillet, gives an average speed of 138.3 km / h.
precisely this point, the maximum speed (along with autonomy) remains perhaps one of the major weaknesses of today's electric and more so for cars with sporting pretensions. We were eager to see what they're capable others electric sports, like the Tesla Roadster, for example, in the Green Hell. Maybe one day not too distant also decide ...