40kw battery being tested on the Nurburgring ?

[jcstp]

Toyota Motorsport sets new electric record with EV P002 on the Nrburgring [w/video]

After reading this

Driver Jochen Krumbach took the 469-horsepower EV around that track in seven minutes and 22.329 seconds. That's a whopping 25 seconds faster than the record Toyota set in August 2011. The EV P002 still has the same top speed – about 161 miles per hour and is powered by a 42-kWh battery – it was just piloted faster this time around. If you want to tag along, go below for an eight-minute video of the fast and relatively quiet ride.

Could this be a Tesla-battery-pack?

 

[sublimaze1]

OUT -

.... standing !!!!!!!!

 

[VolkerP]

not a 40kWh Tesla pack. Tesla packs are designed for 4C peak discharge rate (maximum power delivery during acceleration). The Toyota's lap time was 7:22 or 1/8 hour. Ideally the pack is sized to get nearly depleted during the race lap -> average 8C discharge rate, with peaks probably in excess of 20C. LiFePO4 chemistry can deliver this but not Tesla with Panasonic cells.

 

[TEG]

Same video previously posted here:

Toyota's electric race car

 

[artsci]

That is scary fast!

 

[Doug_G]

FWIW, I think the video is sped up like 3x normal speed.

Uh, no. The stopwatch in the upper left corner is going at normal speed.

 

[sublimaze1]

- and the wind and tyres sounded normal as well.

 

[CapitalistOppressor]

Toyota Motorsport sets new electric record with EV P002 on the Nrburgring [w/video]

After reading this



Could this be a Tesla-battery-pack?

Like a boss.

Don't think it has anything to do with Tesla tho

 

[Kipernicus]

I found it interesting that:
1. Time started at full speed, not standing start. Is that standard?
2. There's lots of writing (graffiti?) on the pavement. What's that about?

 

[Doug_G]

1. Time started at full speed, not standing start. Is that standard?

Yes, that is completely normal. You normally take the best lap time out of a series of laps.