Romain Dumas exploited the full potential of the ID.R on this short but tricky track. After the victory on Pikes Peak and the e-record on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, he has now achieved another milestone for electromobility
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Volkswagen and the 500-kW ‘I.D. R Pikes Peak’ have made history at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb when Romain Dumas defeated a field including cars with conventional drive-train technology. In doing so, he not only broke the previous record for electric vehicles, but also bettered Sébastien Loeb’s all-time record from 2013 – by a full 16 seconds.