electric lap record

Electric-powered cars have only recently begun lapping Germany's Nürburgring Norschleife and even then it was more to prove that their ability to lap the 20.8 km Green-Hell on a single charge. That was certainly the aim of the MINI E in April 2010 when it scorched around the lap in a record-breaking 9 minutes 51.45 seconds. No, we didn't think that was terribly quick either, but at least it made it back to the pits before running out of charge. Ha ha!