After having already conquered the record at Pikes Peak, covering the 19.99 km and the 156 corners of the course in just 7min57,148s, the Volkswagen ID.R prepares to “attack” another record, this time on the famous Nürburgring circuit.
No, the Volkswagen prototype does not intend to beat the time achieved by its “cousin”, the Porsche 919 Hybrid, which only took 5min 19.546s to cover around 21 km and 73 corners of the German circuit. Instead, ID.R's goal is to establish itself as the fastest electric vehicle around “green hell” — where does this designation come from?
For now, the record belongs to the NIO EP9 , a super sports (electric, of course) of (very) limited production. The time reached by the Chinese tram was only 6min45.9s , a value that is almost as low as that achieved by the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ.
Volkswagen ID.R numbers
Although the optimization tests of the ID.R so that it is prepared to face the Nürburgring — the record attempt should take place during the next summer — have already started, it has not yet been confirmed whether there is any news regarding the technical characteristics of the prototype.
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However, if these hold up against the record-breaking prototype at Pikes Peak, the ID.R is expected to come with two electric motors and one combined power of 680 hp, a maximum and instantaneous torque of 650 Nm and a weight of around 1100 kg . These values allow the electric prototype to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.25 s.
Sven Smeets, Volkswagen Motorsport DirectorWith this attempt to break the record at the Nordschleife (Nürburgring), we want to demonstrate the enormous potential of performance with electric driving.
Supporting Volkswagen in this objective is Bridgestone, which will equip the ID.R with Potenza tyres. This is not the first partnership between Volkswagen and Bridgestone, with the two brands having already worked together to develop original equipment for production vehicles.