The battle for EV speed supremacy is hotting up with Porsche this week overtaking Tesla to set a new fully-electric production car lap record at the Nurburgring Nordschleife.
Porsche development driver Lars Kern took the record after lapping the 20.8km circuit in just seven minutes and 33 seconds in a Taycan Turbo S.
The previous record of 7 minutes 35.579 seconds was set last September by Andreas Simonsen in an unmodified Tesla Model S Plaid.
Although the Taycan Turbo S is officially classed as a standard production model, verified by TÜV Rheinland, it was equipped with a performance kit from Porsche Tequipment, and Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (PDCC).
The previous record was held by a Tesla Model S Plaid, which recorded a time of 7m 36s last year 
