Justin Cupler has been a member of the TopSpeed team since 2012. Justin's love for cars started back when he was just five years old, helping his dad work on his 1957 Chevy Bell Air and then his 1966 ...
It’s not easy for a car to climb on a 5,000 feet (1.5 km) mountain and it’s even harder to race on such a course. First of all there is the road’s gradient that will make the engine work extra and ...
With his surname already linked with the overall Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record thanks to son Rhys, Rod Millen is focusing his attention on piloting an electric vehicle up the mountain.
Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) announced that a revised version of its TMG EV P002 vehicle has been sent to compete at this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Having last year’s record-breaking ...
Over 12 miles the road up Pikes Peak winds through 156 turns, climbing nearly 5,000 feet to terminate at an altitude of 14,110 -- 4,000 feet higher than the FAA requires to flip on your personal ...
Toyota's TMG EV P002 prototype has set a new lap record for an electric vehicle around Germany’s infamous Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit. Hammering through a 7:22.329 lap, the EV P002 managed a run ...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran October 2, 2012 Comment Now! Toyota has set a new Nürburgring lap record for an electric car using its TMG EV P002 prototype racer. The final time came in at 7:22.329, which is a ...
TMGs EV P002, with its motorsport-tuned electric powertrain, and driver Jochen Krumbach at the wheel, set a lap time of 7 minutes 22.329 seconds, breaking the electric record set by TMG last August at ...
Nelson Ireson June 7, 2012 Comment Now! Electric cars are taking over Pikes Peak, or threatening to, with Monster Tajima among the contenders. The latest entry to get some video detail is the Toyota ...