Vw Electric Car Hill Climb
This article was updated at 2pm on july 9 2019 following a clarification from goodwood.
Vw electric car hill climb. 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. Volkswagen s electric id r. 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. Vw s id r electric racer had been tipped to become the quickest car ever to climb pikes peak.
It s been a big month for vw race fans as the company s rumored all electric hillclimb monster not only broke cover but ran its first laps in alès france as well. R pikes peak is a 670bhp ev racer. 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 looks like the volkswagen i d.
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. R pikes peak s impressive results in the qualifying round of the famous hill climb race was not a fluke. Volkswagen has smashed the outright hillclimb record at goodwood festival of speed with the 671bhp id r electric racer. Behold vw s full mountain climbing nutcase.
And it ll go from 0 62mph in 2 25s. 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. Driver romain dumas initially took the record on the second day of the.