[video] Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak – Record-Breaking Run

[Arthur]

Impressively quick!

 

See the I.D. R Pikes Peak's full record-breaking run on America's Mountain from all angles available.

 

https://youtu.be/T6nYdHwgCIk

[Arthur]

Another record broken by the ID.R!

 

Volkswagen smashes electric vehicle record at Nürburgring

 

The wild all-electric racecar Volkswagen built to compete in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb last year has smashed another record, this time at Germany’s world-famous Nürburgring. Early Monday morning, the company announced that the I.D. R completed the Nürburgring Nordschleife loop in just 6:05.336 minutes, which is more than 40 seconds faster than the previous record set by Chinese EV startup NIO’s EP9 supercar in 2017.

 

Volkswagen originally built the I.D. R with the express purpose of running at Pikes Peak, a century-old competition where drivers race up a grueling 156-turn, 12.4-mile course to a finish line more than 14,000 feet above sea level. Electric cars have flourished over the last few years at Pikes Peak because they don’t struggle at high altitudes like combustion engines do. But with Volkswagen’s might behind it, the I.D. R set the fastest Pikes Peak lap ever and broke the EV record by just shy of a whole minute.

 

https://youtu.be/9nNfNjH_rAE

 

https://twitter.com/volkswagenms/status/1135540071506087936

 

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https://youtu.be/c3w3fVS-SgQ

[Arthur]

Another record broken. This time at Goodwood.

 

Romain Dumas and the Volkswagen ID.R have finally broken Nick Heidfeld's hillclimb record with a STAGGERING 41.18 second run.

 

[Arthur]

Yesterday we saw VW’s electric ID.R break a 20-year-old record at Goodwood hillclimb, but that was just a practice run. Today, with official timing, driver Romain Dumas managed to smash his time from yesterday and lower the record by more than another full second.

 

Today’s run was the first time any car has done the hillclimb in less than 40 seconds.

 

The new record is now 39.9 seconds. The record was previously 41.6 seconds, held for 20 years by Nick Heidfeld in a V10 McLaren F1 car from the 1998 F1 season.

 

https://electrek.co/2019/07/06/romain-dumas-goodwood-record-electric-vw-id-r-39-9-seconds

 

[Arthur]

An extraordinary drive on the limit, with spectacular images and the first record on Tianmen Mountain: Volkswagen has achieved a major milestone with the ID.R in China – one that literally helps drive electromobility to new highs. Romain Dumas (F) completed the 99 tight corners on the Tianmen Mountain road in 7:38.585 minutes – faster than anyone ever before.

 

https://youtu.be/VHU2j7rZess