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Electric cars conquer the Nurburgring – Peugeot EX1 set a lap time record

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The French people from Peugeot proudly announced that the EX1 concept revealed last year at Paris managed to get the fastest lap time on Nurburgring. Of course, the French electric model got the first place in the electric cars battle with a time of 9:01.338 which is about 50 seconds faster than the previous electric model with the fastest lap time.

Peugeot EX1 concept
Peugeot EX1 concept

Peugeot EX1 concept is an anniversary model celebrating 200 years of existence and of course, it is a fully electric model powered by two electric motors. The electric powertrain delivers somewhere around 340 horsepower which, combined with a lightweight structure, results into great performance even with zero emissions.

Peugeot EX1 concept
Peugeot EX1 concept

As we told you above, the 20-kilometer track has been completed in about 9 minutes with an average speed of 138 km/h. The French manufacturer claimed that photos and videos starring the EX1 prototype setting the record will be available in short time.

Peugeot EX1 concept
Peugeot EX1 concept

It remains to see if there are any electric models trying to set a better time but since then, Peugeot EX1 leads the standings in its segment.

Andrei Ursu
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Andrei is one of the oldest automotive journalists of Automotorblog and has written more than 3000 articles for our publication. He has been passionate about cars since he was a small child, and he joined our team of writers in 2009. In addition to his passion for cars, he is also passionate about music. In his free time, he composes songs and sings them, which also brought him real success in the musical field.

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