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Peugeot EX1 Sets Electric Car Lap Record At Nuerburgring

Posted by timothy on from the zippidee-hoo-ha dept.

liqs8143 writes "Peugeot EX1, the all-electric concept car, now holds the electric car lap record at Germany's Nürburgring circuit. The car was unveiled at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, and has already broken half a dozen speed records up till now. Despite wet weather, the EX1 broke the existing record with a time of 9 minutes, 1.338 seconds, beating the previous record set by a modified MINI E electric car by almost 50 seconds. The 340 horsepower EX1 averaged an impressive 85.9 miles per hour during the lap."

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  1. Metric? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    German circuit and a French car. Can we get the speed in a civilized km/h?

  2. 85 MPH ?? INDY 19118 BEAT THAT !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Go back 100 years and you are on to something there !! Way to go FRANCE !! Now go surrender or whatever you normally do at step 2 !!

  3. Re:85.9? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    For all the billions of people outside Burma, Liberia and the Greatest Country that is still stuck in the 19th century, 85.9 mph translate to 138 km/h.

  4. Re:85.9? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's American. They like driving around in ovals.
    Good turning on a car? What's that? Just put a big engine in it.

  5. Re:85.9? by Ceriel+Nosforit · · Score: 3, Funny

    And, faster than a van driven by a certain woman.

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