The Toyota EV P002 electric race car is having an outstanding year so far. Germany based Toyota Motorsports Group Gmbh built the car based off a Radical open cockpit chassis. The EV P002 develops 900 Nm of torque (664 ft-lbs) and 350 kw of power (470 hp) from two axial flux “pancake” motors. It’s capable of holding 42 kwh of energy (almost twice the size of the Nissan Leaf battery pack) on board with lithium ceramic batteries.

TMG first built the EV P002 to set the EV record at the Nurburgring, but decided to take the car to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb this year now that the course had been fully paved. They won the EV class setting a 10’15.380″ record in the process:

That was back in August. TMG released a video this morning showcasing an improvement on the EV P002’s previous record at the Nurburgring. They set a time of 7’22.32″ which improved their old record by 25 seconds.

Congratulations to the TMG team for all their success this year redefining what we know of electric vehicle performance.

Source: Toyota Motorsports Group website and YouTube channel