Electric MINI Racer laps Nurburgring

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YouTube- MINI E Race @ Nürburgring Nordschleife...

Driven by 2006 MINI Challenge champion Thomas Jager a modified race-spec version of the electric MINI E completed a lap of the Nurburgring in a time of 09:51.45 minutes, hitting a top speed of 187km/h (116 mph). “Lack of noise and the ability to access its full reserves of torque at all times makes for an extraordinary race car,” said Jager. The 150 kW/204 hp electric motor is supplied with energy from 5,088 lithium-ion battery cells and drives the front wheels via a single stage helical gearbox.

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The 13-mile long Nürburgring Nordschleife is one of the most treacherous race tracks in the world, even on the best of days. Taking it on in the fog seems like a recipe for disaster. Nonetheless, that's exactly what a BMW engineering team did recently with a very special edition of the Mini E. The team took one of the battery-powered Mini models and applies some weight reduction measures to the body and then installed the usual array of racing bits. The latter included new tires, brakes and a roll-cage.

The electric powertrain underwent some recalibration, likely to tone down the overly aggressive regenerative braking before ex-DTM race driver Thomas Jäger took to the 'Ring. Jäger managed to set a reasonably respectable lap time of 9 minutes, 51.45 seconds with a maximum speed of 116.2 miles per hour. No word from BMW on how much juice remained in the battery at the end of the lap
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CLICK HERE to watch in-car footage of the entire lap.

[RichardBurn]

The MINI2 race car is excellent. The perfect car for racing .The main thing is that has lack of noisiness.