Volkswagen I.D. R

The Volkswagen I.D. R, also called the I.D. R Pikes Peak, is a prototype fully electric vehicle designed as part of the Volkswagen I.D. project and its R series of cars for motorsport, and the first electric racing car Volkswagen designed. It made its competition debut at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on 24 June 2018, driven by Romain Dumas, and became the first car to climb in under eight minutes, with 7:57.148. On 3 June 2019 it broke the electric lap record at the Nürburgring with 6:05.336, and Dumas also set records at the Goodwood Festival of Speed hillclimb in 2019 and on Tianmen Mountain in China. Two electric motors, one at each axle, give a combined 507 kW and 649 N m, and the car weighs under 1,100 kg with a single 45 kWh battery. A second version, the I.D. R Evo, was confirmed in February 2020.