Ladies and gentlemen, meet the fastest road-legal car to lap the Nurburgring – the Nio EP9 – which was first unveiled back in November 2016. At the time, its makers claimed a time of 7 minutes 5.12 seconds around the famed track, but recently set a new record time of 6 minutes 45.9 seconds.
To put that into perspective, the EP9 is faster around the Nurburgring than the Lamborghini Huracan Performante, Porsche 918 Spyder and even the Mercedes-AMG GT R. Doubtful? Well, the carmaker has released an on-board video of its run to quell the “haters”, with Peter Dumbreck behind the wheel.
It’s important to note the EP9’s record was achieved without a V-whatever combustion engine, instead using just four electric motors. Of course, those motors are pretty powerful pieces of kit (each produces 1,480 Nm) and together, they provide a total system output of 1,341 hp. This allows the EP9 to accelerate from zero to 100 km/h in 2.7 seconds, 200 km/h in 7.1 seconds, before proceeding to a top speed of 313 km/h.
There’s plenty of other notable components as well, like the bespoke braking system, pushrod-style suspension system and a carbon-fibre chassis. The latter has a torsional stiffness rated at 30,000 Nm/deg, and the bare chassis alone tips the scales at just 165 kg.
If you want an EP9 in your garage, you’ll have to move fast, as the company announced last month that it would produce a second batch of ten units (the first batch was for its investors only). The price? A cool USD1.48 million (RM6,395,820).
GALLERY: Nio EP9
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ah yes… let the world know this is a company from china… i’ve visited them at shanghai auto show last month. this company was only founded 3years ago. with a freaking cool company name ‘薇来’ which could pronounced as ‘future’. Oh ya. they also beat the fastest automated driving car on track! with no driver and no interference.
watch out tesla
China car? No thanks, i prefer P1
P1 go outside msia cannot sell 1, at least china car can sell at australia and europe
u still leave in the stone age??
The most important question is… how many laps of nurburgring can it go on 1 full charge of its battery? 1lap? Does it have regenerative braking system to charge its batteries?
…And it’s made in CHINAAA… A Tesla should’ve been running at ‘reduced power’ mode at one third of this run time of the same drive pace due to battery overheat problem.
China made rockets went to space. China made ICBM is the world longest range right now. China made diesel sub puts US carrier strike group to shame in 2006. Meanwhile, msia still trying to sell more P1, P2 in local market by imposing high tax on import cars
Errmmm, 24K N downforce, 3.3G (longitudinal under breaking) & 2.53 G (lateral in cornering), 0 ~ 300 km/h 15 s++, this driver not using titanium ball, speed can faster again :p
China. Open the hood and see a souped up golf buggy
the made in china generation of cars to come next? sighs
We re glad it isnt Tata
Jaguar and Land Rover is under Tata, you kangkung!
This is the worst nightmare ever if U are “smoked” by a machine that have no ROAR from the exhaust(what exhaust).
All I want 2 say is – That guy who pilot that EP9 have balls of Titanium.
That areo package…. hnghhhh!
Superb car control. clean driving