Peugeot’s EX1 establishes new record on Germany’s Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit
For the first time in its history, Peugeot last weekend attempted to set a record on the Nordschleife track. Stéphane Caillet, driver and tuner-technician from the Company’s Research & Development Centre, was at the wheel of the EX1 Concept Car, which covered the circuit’s 20.832 kilometres (12.944 miles), convincingly beating the electric speed record for a lap. With its 73 bends and 300 metres of altitude difference, the Nordschleife has a reputation for being the toughest circuit in the world. It was on this legendary circuit, the longest in the world, and the main venue for the German Grand Prix until the mid-1970s, that EX1 beat an electric speed record by putting in a lap time of 9 minutes, 1.338 seconds (9:01.338) at an average speed of 138.324 km/h (85.951 mph), despite weather conditions which were far from favourable.
The electric motor is a potential source of new driving sensations thanks to its exceptional acceleration capabilities, but also because it is silent in operation and makes the car very easy to drive (no need for a gearbox). On the EX1 concept car, two electric motors are used, one on each axle, each with a peak output of 125 kW (250 kW / 340 bhp in total), and an immediately available constant maximum torque of 240 Nm at the front and rear.
This mechanical architecture allows not only the optimisation of weight distribution, but also four wheel drive. This reflects the positional benefits of HYbrid4 technology, available as standard on the 3008 from 2011, featuring an HDi FAP diesel engine at the front and an electric motor at the rear.
The previous electric speed record on this circuit was the time of 9:51.45 seconds clocked in 2010. The record achieved by EX1 was formally recognised by WIGE Performance, the official time-keeping body for the Nordschleife.
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