Electric Car Sets New ‘Ring Record

China’s NextEV Inc. says it set a new lap record this month for Germany’s Nurburgring Nordschleife course with a lap time of six minutes and 45 seconds for the carmaker’s Nio EP9 all-electric supercar.

The EP9 trimmed two seconds off the previous ‘Ring record of set in 2010 by the track-only piston-powered Pagani Zonda R racer. It also bests the previous record for a street-legal car of six minutes and 48 seconds achieved by the Radical SR8 LM in 2009.

The current record for a production car around the grueling 12.9-mile Nordschleife circuit is 6:52 set by the Lamborghini Huracán LP 640-4 Performante last fall.

NextEV plans to build 16 EP9 models. The EP9 two-seater is powered by four electric motors that generate a combined 1,342 hp and 1,091 lb-ft of torque. The car can reach 60 mph in 2.7 seconds and a top speed of almost 195 mph.

Watch a video of the record run here.