Driving Toyota's insane 600-horsepower electric Pikes Peak racer

A lucky Engadget team member is driving the Pikes Peak Toyota TMG Race Car on track

Electric Race Cars ready to storm 2013 Pikes Peak Hill Climb

Here we go ! Pikes Peak 2013 with Toyota TMG and Mitsubishi i-MiEV Evoltuion

EVTV Friday Show - May 10, 2013

- Tesla Stock Soars
- New Electric's NEDCRAFT luxury aluminum electric boat
- New Curtis 1239-78501 Controller




"Hello I'm Jack Rickard and welcome to Tesla TV !" :-)

Battery Electric Vehicles growth and adoption curves

Toyota EV Race Car, the TMG (built in Germany), is getting ready for Pikes Peak

New items in the online store

Shop Cam

Heating system available as a kit in the online store

The other VW Thing is rolling ! Good job Jeff !

More about Jeff Southern's VW Thing on Youtube

Toyota's Pikes Peak EV winner, the TMG EV P002

Toyota Motorsprt Gmbh's Pikes Peak EV winner, the TMG EV P002, driven by Fumio Nutahara, arrived first of its Electric Vehicle Category, and 6th overall



Here is a great on-board video of the race


Victorious P002 next to the converted BMW M3

Dual liquid cooled AC motors and controllers


More specs below

TMG EV P002 Technical Specifications
Performance
Top Speed	240km/h (Pikes Peak configuration)
Maximum Torque	900Nm
Maximum Power	350kW
Maximum Revs	5000rpm
Powertrain
Electric Motor	2 axial flux
Inverter	2 x TMG inverters
Gear Ratio	2.5
Transmission	Single-reduction gearing
Battery	Lithium ceramic
Battery Capacity	42 kWh
Charging Technology	Off-board DC charging
Dimensions
Length	4.10m
Height	1.04m
Width	1.79m