Say hello to the new TMG (Toyota Motorsport GmbH) EV P002, Toyota’s pure electric racecar with which the Japanese brand will compete at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado on July 8.
The EV P002 is the racing version of Toyota’s road-legal EV P001 prototype that set a new lap record for electric vehicles at the Nürburgring Nordschleife last year with a time of 7 minutes and 47.794 seconds.
Toyota’s Germany-based motorsports division says it spent the past months developing an improved electric powertrain that is more powerful and more durable than its predecessor.
The EV P002 continues to use a Radical chassis modified by electric car specialist e-WOLF, but this time, its two axial flux motors deliver 469hp (350kW) and an impressive 900Nm (663.7 lb-ft) of constant torque through its single-speed gearing.
In Pikes Peak configuration, the racecar is said to have an estimated top speed of 240km/h (149mph).
Last month, TMG completed the finals tests on the car at the Paul Ricard circuit in southern France.
Ludwig Zeller, Toyota general manager electric and electronics commented: “Pikes Peak is a great showcase for TMG’s electric powertrain technology. We already proved at the Nürburgring that TMG is leading the way in developing such powertrains for motorsport and this is another sign of our commitment to this technology.”
Multiple Japanese rally champion Fumio Nutahara will drive the TMG EV P002 at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb.
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