Germany's Nürburgring is the place to go if you have a point to make about EVs—and Volkswagen certainly does. Dan Neil is on hand to witness its ID.R's historic run.
ON MONDAY driver Romain Dumas and the VW Motorsport team summoned lightning out of a clear blue sky. Blessed with near-perfect conditions at Germany’s Nürburgring test track, Mr. Dumas, at the wheel of Volkswagen’s all-electric ID.
R speedster, powered around the 12.94-mile course in a breathtaking, barely visible 6:05.336. That figure is second overall only to another green arrow, Porsche’s 919 Hybrid Evo, an unlimited gas-electric hybrid that did the deed last year in 5:19.546.
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