Toyota's New Electric Sports car seets new Nordschleife Record

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As TopGear reported, Toyota broke the Record for EV on the Nordschleife!

"To achieve a new lap record at the first attempt, and by such a huge margin, is a great achievement and I am very proud to see TMG's name in the record books."

So said Rob Leupen of Toyota Motorsport GmbH, as he announced that his company's electric supercar, the TMG EV P001, driven by Jochen Krumbach, had blitzed around the Nürburgring in 7m 47.794s to set a new lap record for an electric car. The old one, if you're interested, was set earlier this year by the Peugeot EX1. It was 9m 1.338s.

But Toyota didn't just want to stomp the Peugeot into the ground, it wanted to prove the credentials of its electric technology in the fires of hell; namely, the Green Hell, as "in motorsport there is no more extreme circuit than the Nürburgring."

The EV P001 is built on a Radical chassis and features two electric motors to produce 375bhp, 590lb ft of torque and a top speed of 162mph, and the whole thing weighs just 970kg. In fact, it produces so many torques and so much power that Toyota will begin selling the tech in 2012 for use in "single make electric motorsport series".

A series, we imagine, bereft of discernible sound, as Leupen confirmed: "It was an amazing sensation to watch the electric vehicle fly past, with only the sound of wind rushing past and tyres squealing." Road-legal tyres, no less. Check out the eerie onboard video below.

We suspect Peugeot is scrambling together its crack team of engineers as we speak...
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Some pictures of it right here:

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And the Video to proof it




So, what do you think?
Is this a serious step for Electric Technology, or just something nice to achive but not really important?


Let me know what you think!

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Hardly a supercar, more like an electric race car.
 
Well, Race Car isn't the right word I guess, because he was driving on street legal tyres.
Probably Semi - Slicks.

But we can agree that it's a electric sports car?
 
Nissan 370Z = Sports car.

That's a race car.
 
R1600Turbo
Nissan 370Z = Sports car.

That's a race car.
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A race car is never road-legal, The car is based on Radical which is 100% road legal. It's not a race car neither is it a Sports car, rather i will rank it a "high performance road car".




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Most credits should go to Radical than Toyota though, it's what produced theimpressive laptime.
 
Daverytimes
A race car is never road-legal, The car is based on Radical which is 100% road legal. It's not a race car neither is it a Sports car, rather i will rank it a "high performance road car".


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Then what are WRC cars? Please tell me?

As for this impacting EV cars and such, high performance electric cars are nothing new, but this does make Toyota look like they are trying to do something about their image.
 
Azuremen
Then what are WRC cars? Please tell me?

As for this impacting EV cars and such, high performance electric cars are nothing new, but this does make Toyota look like they are trying to do something about their image.
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The first part of my comment could have been worded correctly, it is true that most race cars are based on their road going versions but in this case Toyota took a road going car and simply swapped the engine for an electric drive. No matter how you look at it the car is a Radical with the exception of being electric (They did swap the Steering and might have re-tuned the suspension). Unless you think that the normal Radical is a race-car there is no reason to think that this is a race car, its no different from the Lotuses.




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Daverytimes

The first part of my comment could have been worded correctly, it is true that most race cars are based on their road going versions but in this case Toyota took a road going car and simply swapped the engine for an electric drive. No matter how you look at it the car is a Radical with the exception of being electric (They did swap the Steering and might have re-tuned the suspension). Unless you think that the normal Radical is a race-car there is no reason to think that this is a race car, its no different from the Lotuses.

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No, you stated a race car is not street legal. WRC cars are, last I checked, street legal so they can drive between stages. They are also race cars. I could care less if they have some body panels that look like street cars.

As an aside, just make a signature. Having to see 4 blank lines before "DAVE" just takes up space.
 
Let the electric-race car-wars begin! I think it's great. If it truly catches on, then those who live in Monterey, CA won't complain about living next to a race track :lol:

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Azuremen
No, you stated a race car is not street legal. WRC cars are, last I checked, street legal so they can drive between stages. They are also race cars. I could care less if they have some body panels that look like street cars.

As an aside, just make a signature. Having to see 4 blank lines before "DAVE" just takes up space.
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Oh so that's what you meant, well WRC are the exception. Most race cars are not street legal, there you happy?

Bolded: What space? :lol:

Jump_Ace
Let the electric-race car-wars begin! I think it's great. If it truly catches on, then those who live in Monterey, CA won't complain about living next to a race track :lol:

Jerome
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Am waiting for Nissan to join in the fun, should be good to watch.


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JJ72
Most credits should go to Radical than Toyota though, it's what produced theimpressive laptime.
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No, it should go to Toyota for providing the technology which was far more complicated to produce than that Radical chassis.
 
sumbrownkid
No, it should go to Toyota for providing the technology which was far more complicated to produce than that Radical chassis.
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but if it wasn't for radical's chassis they won't touch sub 8 minute lap even if Toyota put it into their current fastest car. (which is what a camry?)

Radical can do that laptime stock on their own thanks very much, if anything the electric motor just slowed it down.
 
Azuremen
Then what are WRC cars? Please tell me?
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Rally cars, not race cars ;)

And always road legal. If you so desired, and if you were crazy enough, you could run one every day.

Same applies for a Radical with a Toyota electric motor in it. Wouldn't be comfortable, but doesn't make it any less of a road car.

As for the record itself, meh. The EV industry has bigger things to concern itself with than beating lap records.
 
Yay, another pointless ring "record".:rolleyes:

Really have to wonder why manufacturers waste so much money for an unofficial lap time.
 
Wonder if one could make a Traxxas Slash do this, too.
 
JJ72
but if it wasn't for radical's chassis they won't touch sub 8 minute lap even if Toyota put it into their current fastest car. (which is what a camry?)

Radical can do that laptime stock on their own thanks very much, if anything the electric motor just slowed it down.
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Which is why it's commendable that Toyota managed to get a sub 8 minute time in an all electric power Radical.
 
A Radical with an electric motor went around the Nurburgring fast? This is a massive accomplishment!
 
My sarcasm detector is about to explode... :lol:

What's the battery duration on those driving conditions? That could point to relevant achievements of such technology, or either to the lack of any useful achievement. It has been omitted, so I believe it's the latter.
 
An electric race or sportscar is an oxymoron. This is pointless really, who in their right mind would buy this when the normal Radical is superior in every way.
 
JCE
An electric race or sportscar is an oxymoron. This is pointless really, who in their right mind would buy this when the normal Radical is superior in every way.
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Umm, why? Can you give a real reason why? Instant torque from ideal is a pretty nice thing to have in a car built for performance driving.
 
That thing is road legal? What's next, tanks?
 
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