Vw Electric Car Hill Climb
Driver romain dumas initially took the record on the second day of the.
Vw electric car hill climb. It looks like the volkswagen i d. But as we discover the 14 115ft colorado mountain isn t easily conquered. Volkswagen has smashed the outright hillclimb record at goodwood festival of speed with the 671bhp id r electric racer. Vw s id r electric racer had been tipped to become the quickest car ever to climb pikes peak.
Volkswagen s pure electric id r prototype racing car lit up the timing screens for a second year running at the 2019 goodwood festival of speed recording the fastest time ever up the famous hill climb course. Vw s all electric race car custom built for the race. Volkswagen s electric id r. This article was updated at 2pm on july 9 2019 following a clarification from goodwood.
Volkswagen volkswagen s electric id r race car broke the goodwood hill climb record on saturday completing a 39 9 second run up the infamous english circuit. The first electric car to run the hill climb was a sears xdh 1 a fiat 128 coupe converted to electric power by sears roebuck and company. It took 35 minutes to climb pikes peak in 1981. R pikes peak is a 670bhp ev racer.
Officially called the id r the car weighs less than 2 500 lbs and produces 680 hp and 479 lb ft of torque giving it a 0 60 time of 2 25 seconds. Behold vw s full mountain climbing nutcase. This weekend volkswagen becomes the latest major motorsport name to tackle the pikes peak international hillclimb but it s doing so with an electric car.