Romain Dumas accomplished another spectacular record in the incredible all-electric Volkswagen ID.R by reaching the “Heaven’s Gate” in China in 7:38.585. This is the first official time on the 10.906 ...

The Volkswagen ID R electric race car is already pretty darn accomplished. Not only did it break the overall record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July, the automaker picked up the EV record at ...

Volkswagen announced a new challenge for the all-electric racing car I.D. R, which in 2018 set a new record at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado and is already scheduled for ...

When we first heard that Volkswagen was taking its barnstorming electric ID.R up the Heaven's Gate road up Tianmen Mountain, we thought this could be the start of a Chinese Nurburgring or Pikes Peak – ...

Volkswagen's barnstorming electric race car already holds records for Pikes Peak, Goodwood and the Nurburgring, and now it's headed to China, where it will tear up the famous 99 turns up Tianmen Shan ...

Just like in 2018, this year's new motoring records belonged to the Volkswagen ID R. Time and time again, the proof-of-concept racer showed its skills on both special tracks and in the wild, letting ...

What do you do when the electric race car you built to beat Pikes Peak shatters the record on its first attempt? If you’re Volkswagen, and that race car is the ID. R, you look for new bits of road to ...

For months German carmaker Volkswagen has been busy building up the hype around its attempt to climb the Tianmen Mountain with an electric car. On Monday, September 2, it was all over in 7:38.585 ...

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China’s Tianmen road is world renowned for its beautiful scenery and 99 bends so it comes as little surprise that a number of automakers have attempted to set a record on the twisting mountain course.