All-electric supercar loses the Nürburgring lap record to a hybrid McLaren
For two whole weeks, an all-electric car held one of the most coveted titles among auto manufacturers: the NIO EP9 had become the fastest car around the Nürburgring. But today, British manufacturer McLaren has let out that its hybrid P1 LM — the street-legal version of its track car, the P1 GTR — has broken the EP9’s record by two seconds and the Lamborghini Huracán Performante’s time by almost nine. Video of the 6:43.2-second lap can be seen above.
The most important thing to know, though, is that all of this back-and-forth comes with extreme caveats. For one thing, there’s a good argument to be had over whether Chinese manufacturer NIO’s 1,342-horsepower supercar can be considered a production car in the first place. Same with the...