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Riley Riley

Volkswagen has released in-car footage from the ID.R electric race car’s blistering, seven-minute run up the incredible Tianmen mountain pass in China.

Frenchman Romain Dumas piloted the ID.R up the 10.906- kilometre mountain road in 7:38.585 – faster than anyone before him.

The route up ‘Tianmen Shan Big Gate Road’ was a real challenge: 99 hairpins, 164 braking manoeuvres, and a top speed of 218km/h.

Dumas mastered the challenge with great aplomb to set a new official record time.

The ID.R now holds the all-time record on Pikes Peak (USA) and at the Goodwood Festival of Speed (GB), as well as the electric lap record on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife (D) and now the fastest time on Tianmen Mountain in China.

ID.R is powered by two electric motors with a system performance of 500kW.

The record-breaking drive on the spectacular mountain road to the mythical ‘Heaven’s Gate’ is also supporting Volkswagen’s electromobility offensive in China.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVJpr41zENY

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