Well, it only took 2 months to break the production Nurburgring lap record previously held by the Lamborghini Huracan Performante. The Chinese start-up company NIO has claimed that the electric EP9 ran a lap in 6.45 seconds. That beats the Italian supercar’s time by 6.11 seconds, according to MotorTrend.
If that is indeed their lap time, the EP9 also beats out impressive cars like the Porsche 918 and Radical SR8LM. The EP9 isn’t new to setting records on the Nurburgring. Just last year it set a record for electric vehicles with a time of 7:05 And although these numbers are impressive, there’s a lot of variables that are unknown right now. Official facts like interior equipment, tire type, and driver weren’t given by NIO. And since only six EP9’s have been made it’s not technically a mainstream production car. But still, an EV with 1,243 horsepower that can hit 0-62 in 2.62 at 195 mph is pretty impressive. And now it has a new record to add to its achievements.
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