VW I.D. R smashes the Nurburgring Electric Vehicle Record | Fully Charged

Volkswagen Motorsport offered Jonny and videographer Mark exclusive access to the VW I.D. R’s testing and electric vehicle record breaking attempt at the Nurburgring Nordschleife. A testing day in May, followed by the record attempt on June 3 saw the modified 500kW 680PS I.D. R (the car we featured breaking the record at the Pikes Peak hill climb in Colorado last year) With French LeMans and four-time Nurburgring 24hr champion Romain Dumas at the wheel, the existing ’green hell’ electric vehicle record (s