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Peugeot Releases Video of EX1 Violently Attacking the Nordschleifen Record

Yesterday, we brought you the news that Peugeot’s EX1 concept is not all show and no go, managing to beat the Nurburgring’s record for electric vehicles. We thought the subject was worth a second look, as the company has also shown a video of the actual attempt on its German Youtube channel.

“Why is it worth a second look?” you may ask us. Well, hearing that electric motor combined with the blistering speeds the car is traveling at makes you feel like you are watching a sci-fi movie.

On April 27, 2011, for the first time in the Peugeot’s history, the French carmaker set an official lap record on the Nordschleife race track in Germany. The team at hand managed to beat the previous record held by the MINI E since last year with they futuristic-looking concept car, the EX1. Driver and tuner-technician from the Company’s Research & Development Centre, was at the wheel of the concept car, which covered the circuit's 20.832 kilometres (12.944 miles), convincingly beating the electric speed record for a lap. The final result: 9 minutes and 1.338 seconds (9:01.338) at an average speed of 138.324 km/h (85.951 mph).

The record achieved by EX1 was formally recognized by WIGE Performance, the official time-keeping body for the Nordschleife. Back in September 2010, the EX1 broke five records in a series of runs made at the Chengdu military airport in the province of Sichuan in China. Among the car’s achievement, we would mention several world records for acceleration from a standing start dating back to 2010.

It owes its impressive performance to its streamlined aerodynamics, its ultra-light structure and its two electric motors, which give the car a cumulative maximum power of 250 kW.

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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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