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Title: VW's Pike Peak race car
Post by: Richard230 on June 14, 2018, 04:37:02 AM

Now this looks pretty serious: https://electrek.co/2018/06/13/vw-insane-all-electric-race-car-pikes-peak/

Title: Re: VW's Pike Peak race car
Post by: Doug S on June 14, 2018, 09:11:56 PM

Not bad, but the 2015 overall winner was an electric vehicle, and IIRC it was rated for over a megawatt of output -- twice the horsepower of this VW. Quite a beast.

Does anybody else recall the details of that vehicle?

Edit: I found some more information:  https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1067809_rhys-millen-takes-overall-2015-pikes-peak-victory-under-electric-power-video

Title: Re: VW's Pike Peak race car
Post by: Richard230 on June 15, 2018, 04:04:13 AM

Well, that is a bit over the top.  I would think it would be difficult for an IC car to match that power.  If they haven't done so yet, I bet the race organizers make a separate category for electric-drive racers.