The Electric NIO EP9 Just Lapped the Nurburgring Quicker Than Any Production Car

It broke its own record by nearly 20 seconds.


Last year, electric-car startup NIO brought its 1360-hp EP9 supercar to the Nurburgring and set a blistering time of 7:05.00, making it the quickest electric car at the famous circuit. Now, NIO says the EP9 has returned to the 'Ring and put down an astounding 6:45.90.

Uh, what? That makes the EP9 quicker than a Lamborghini Huracan Performante, currently the production-car record holder at the Nurburgring.

This blistering lap comes just a few months after the EP9 ran around the Circuit of the Americas faster than any other production car and set a record for autonomous cars at the Texas track. The EP9's pace comes from electric motors at each wheel that combine to generate 1360 horsepower and–this isn't a typo–4671 lb-ft of torque. Having a motor at each wheel gives the EP9 real-time torque vectoring, no doubt improving cornering speeds significantly.

Unfortunately, NIO hasn't released a video of this Nurburgring lap yet, but a company representative told us that footage should be released early next week. To date, NIO has built seven EP9s, so we're not sure it can be considered a "production car." NIO itself doesn't say the EP9's time is a production-car lap record, for what it's worth.

NIO announced recently that it planned on building more EP9s with a price of $1.48 million. The EP9 uses a carbon fiber tub built to FIA standards, can run a quarter mile in 10.1 seconds, and hit 2.53g in cornering.

We can't wait to watch video footage to really see what the EP9 can do.

via The Drive

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