369 km/h on the Nordschleife | Lap Record Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo

Still 35 seconds off the record time for a production car. Far off of the hybrid Mercedes-AMG ONE (~6:30). The battery tech is still too heavy to be as fast and as nimble as ICE or hybrid (there's a balance there between torque for acceleration and energy density). The record time was 5:19.546 in the Porsche 919 hybrid (non-production)... watching video of that run still blows my mind (I have a racing background). ▶ this video

in “The Rimac Nevera Sets a New Record at Nürburgring” · View on HN

Watching slower production cars drive for example Nurburgring can be quite relaxing, but these class of cars are truly terrifying. For example here is the lap record video of the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo: ▶ this video [Edit: Note that for this they basically took an LMP1 car and then broke the rule book by modifying it]

in “If It Can't Spend $400M in F1 Anymore, Ferrari Might as Well Win Le Mans” · View on HN

> From a self driving car Cue up the [0] Porsche 919 vid to show what a human can do in a car... [0] ▶ this video

in “VW invests $2.6B in self-driving startup Argo AI as part of Ford alliance” · View on HN