Nürburgring Nordschleife EV
Electric Vehicle Lap Times
Timing one lap of driving on the Nürburgring Nordschleife provides a good measure of car performance, including acceleration, top speed, cornering and general handling.
The race track Nürburgring is located in Deutschland about 80 km south of Köln. It consists of two separate race tracks:
- Grand Prix circuit, 5.148 km, used for international racing events
- Nordschleife, 20.832 km, mainly used for performance tests
The Nordschleife is located just north of the Grand Prix circuit. It is open for public access to drive one round after payment of ticket. These tourist drives (DE: Touristenfahrten) are a popular way for private people to test their own car on a racetrack. Many drivers are on the track at the same time. The length of the tourist drive is nearly a full lap of Nordschleife except for a section at entry and exit points. The time measured is known as a Bridge-To-Gantry (BTG) time = full lap - 1.7 km = 19.1 km.
For a proper full lap test a company will rent the whole Nordschleife racetrack to do solo test of the complete lap (20.8 km). Lap times are sometimes measured 200 m shorter (20.6 km) due to safety reason.
The table below covers lap times only for electric vehicles.
| Date | Car | BTG [mm:ss] |
Full Lap [mm:ss] |
Video | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-12 | NextEv NIO EP9 | ~6:23 (= Full - 23s) |
6:45.900 | Onboard video | |
| 2016-10-14 | NextEv NIO EP9 | ~6:40 (= Full - 25s) |
7:05.120 | Onboard video | Teaser video |
| 2012-08-xx | Toyota TMG EV P002 | 7:22.32 | Onboard video | Intro video | |
| 2015-05-22 | Electric RaceAbout (E-RA) | 7:44.89 (20.6 km) |
Onboard video | ||
| 2013-06-06 | Mercedes SLS AMG Electric Drive |
~7:30 (= Full - 26s) |
7:56.234 | Onboard video | Review |
| 2012-06-26 | Audi R8 E-Tron | 8:09.099 | Onboard video | Video, Tech intro |
|
| 2011-04-27 | Peugeot EX1 | 9:01.34 | Video | Article | |
| 2015-07-23 | Tesla S P85D, amateur driver |
8:50 | ~9:20 (= BTG + 30s) |
Onboard video | |
| 2010-04-xx | Mini E (2010), 150 kW |
9:51.45 |
Video | Prep video | |
| 2015-06-xx | VW E-Golf (2015), 85 kW, amateur driver |
10:50 | ~11:34 (= BTG + 44s) |
Onboard video | |
| 2013-06-30 | Smart Fortwo electric drive, 30 kW, amateur driver |
10:56 | ~11:47 (= BTG + 51s) |
Onboard video | |
| 2013-08-xx | Renault Zoé, Q90, 66 kW, amateur driver |
11:18 | ~12:02 (= BTG + 44s) |
Onboard video | |
| 2017-07-xx | VW E-Up, amateur driver |
11:20 | ~12:07 (= BTG + 47s) |
Onboard video | |
| 2018-07-16 | BMW I3 REx, batt. 60 Ah (80 MJ) electric only drive, amateur driver |
11:42 | ~12:25 (= BTG + 43s) |
Onboard video | |
| 2012-02-21 | Peugeot Ion, snow on track, TopGear Italy driver |
17:39.62 | Onboard video |
With the record 2017-05-12 by NIO EP9, the EP9 made a lap time faster that any road legal car up to that time. The previous fastest car was the gasoline car Lamborghini Huracán LP 640-4 Performante with 6:52.01 on 2016-10-05.
List of Nordschleife lap times for all cars.
Tags: Nürburgring, Nordschleife, EV, race
Page link: <http://foersom.org/ElecVehicle/NurburgringNordEV.html>
Edited: 2018-10-21