Vw Electric Car Vs Mclaren

Speaking to automotive news at the goodwood festival of speed last month mike flewitt said the british supercar manufacturer would be converted to hybrids and electric vehicles by 2025 in a bid to meet tighter emission standards.

Vw electric car vs mclaren. Watch the electric vw id r embarass a mclaren 720s in a drag race. R embarass a mclaren 720s. Mclaren is planning to introduce electric vehicles but won t branch out into suvs according to the company s ceo. Despite this the volkswagen actually makes less power and torque than the mclaren 680 horsepower and 479 pound feet of torque versus the mclaren s 710 hp and 568 pound feet at 5 500 rpm.

This is just one unbelievable new technology when it comes to car racing this is the volkswagen i d r vs. Ford f 350 vs gmc sierra 3500 is the drag race we weren t expecting. These electric motors are linked to two separate battery packs for perfect weight distribution. The volkswagen id r doesn t have much in common with a mclaren 720s other than the fact that they are both performance crazed cars one gets its power from batteries the other from gas.

This racing vehicle that pushed the boundaries of volkswagen has already signed many records. The winner of the race is by far i d. But in a straight line the 720s doesn t stand a chance against the volkswagen id r. This makes the id r equal parts engineering exercise and marketing tool as vw attempts to gain traction in the electric car.

The result is an 0 to 60 time in 2 seconds and cornering speeds the surpass an f1 car. R raced the mclaren 720s one of the fastest racing cars in the world. The volkswagen i d r is a mind bending physics altering kidney busting car a new prototype racer from vw that set the hill climb record at goodwood and the nurburgring ev lap record. Produced by german automotive giant.

Watch the electric vw i d. Volkswagen s electric racing vehicle i d. R is powered by a trio of electric motors with two up front and one in the rear.