Vijay Pattni10 August 2012  Video: Audi R8 e-tron on the ‘Ring
Follow the (silent) record-breaking run of the electric supercar
as it navigates the Green Hell  A couple of months ago, Audi
politely informed the world that its upcoming electric supercar
- the R8 e-tron - had set a new ‘record' at the Nürburgring.  We
know, we know, ‘records' at the ‘Ring come laced with
scepticism. But consider the facts before spontaneously typing
out digital bile in the comments below. This record is for
electric cars. Electric production cars. And since there are
none before it, it's probably about right.  It set a time of 8m
09.99s, comfortably eclipsing the 9m 1.338s of the concept
Peugeot EX1. And although the fastest EV is the Toyota P001
racer, that car is basically a track-ready Radical, not
something you'll be able to pick up from your local dealer with
finance and such.  Marcus Winkelhock - one quarter of an Audi
team that took overall victory at the Nürburgring 24hrs earlier
this year - piloted the R8 e-tron to it