The Tesla Roadster still has to beat this to be crowned the EV king
The NextEV NIO EP9 is technically still the EV performance benchmark
Last week, the automotive world went absolutely crazy over Elon Musk's latest offering - a reimagining of the Tesla Roadster that is claimed to bring obscene performance to the table. Devouring the sprint to 60mph in just 1.9 seconds and reaching speeds of over 250mph, the all-electric sportscar is nothing short of a revelation for what we deem possible for a car. As it stands however, these are simply claims of a tech giant, rather than anything physical and proven.
That leaves the Nurburgring champion that is the NIO EP9 at the top of the electric performance revolution, taking the fight to internal combustion before the Tesla proves itself. The Chinese creation comes through NextEV's crossover with Formula E, forming a blisteringly quick supercar that has conquered all at 'The Green Hell'.
Setting a lap time of 6 min 45.9 seconds, the NIO EP9 sits a full 6.1 seconds quicker than its nearest road-legal competition, the Lamborghini Huracan Performance. It accomplished this time by using an electric motor at each of its wheels, with all four contributing towards a 1341bhp total that propels the carbon fibre supercar in aggressive silence.
It may have had severe battery overheating issues in the run-up to its scintillating time but there's no dispute over the fact that this EV is the current benchmark for the Tesla Roadster to topple.
Do you think the 250mph+ Tesla will actually make production? Or do you think it is yet another marketing ploy by an increasingly criticised brand? Tell us your thoughts below!
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I'd say, hydrocarbon fuels have been ruling since decades, and so have evolved since decades...
So have the mills been, running on them...
EVs, essentially, are now coming in picture...
Let the technologies evolve, and i've no doubt, the driving pleasure won't get lost in time...
Landscapes may change, Passion Persists...
alcohol driven cars are the fastest. of the ones that use liquid fuel. i think
Nothing much to evolve in li-ion battery tech that came to the world in the 70s... Either we invent another battery tech or this is just milking the li-ion cow with marketing stunts and flawed products
Tesla is just a taxmoney consuming hype, and the roadster is Elon Musk wet dream of creating a smoke curtian to cloake the deep troubles his company is really in. Let him try to sell a single profitable car first, OR build the long expected 'affordable' Model 3.
Yeah Tesla have had a lot of problems over the past few years and they still aren't making an overall profit, so I don't see how they can keep going on. But personally I'd much rather drive a 911/AMG GTS than a roadster, it's just more fun...
Read more...and 1.2 million price tag???? Lmao???!!! I could have 4 Teslas Roadsters. Are you guys stupid?? Just give up allready. Tesla is the future petiod.
This car is real and has done it. The Tesla is a concept that won’t be build in the next 3year
You just have to look at the development off HyperCars to see the Tesla is not real
Tesla looks like a normal car areo wise. No massive ground effects ...
Read moreAnd what will you do with those 4 Teslas? Hmm? Thought so.
Ever heard of diminishing returns? Beyond a certain performance threshold, it take enormous capital to eke out extra performance while keeping reliability in check.
On top of...
Read moreWell done guys. Everybody talks about musk here musk there... And nobody talks about who already did fast EVs! I still thin li-ion tech is not good enough: too heavy, too much heat, impossible to do many laps consistently... But hey somebody did good stuff well before mr marketing musk....
Yeah a 911 GT3 is much faster on track.
Good read. Would update the huracan statement as the gt2 is now the king of production cars. Can't wait for a load of fast EVs