Skoda set two world records with an attempt through the new 4568-mile Enyaq iV VRS electric SUV, setting the record for the longest non-stop vehicle on ice and also the longest non-stop vehicle on ice via an electric vehicle. The previous record was just 3,872 miles and was set in China in 2022.
The remarkable feat lasted 15 minutes and was completed in sub-zero temperatures at a frozen Stortjärnen lake, located in Krokom, Sweden, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. The feat was completed through Richard Meaden in front of a Guinness World Record with a foreign referee adrift. and try David Kalas as a witness.
The car was able to circle the circle created for him 39 times in 15 minutes and 58 seconds took to set records. It was able to achieve speeds of 30. 25 mph at its highest point and 19. 66 mph at its slowest point. It’s not exactly a demon speed, but slow and steady won those records.
The Enyaq is based on the same MEB platform as its cousins, the VW ID. 4 and Audi Q4 e-tron. The Enyaq iV vRS is then the time when the all-electric Skoda brings the vRS badge, it has additional juice. It develops around 295 horsepower and 338 lb-ft of torque, which is smart to propel the vehicle from 0 to 60 mph in 6. 5 times thanks to the 77 kWh battery setup and dual electric motor.
The completely original car in addition to the rubber. I was sitting on 20-inch alloy wheels resting on Michelin Däckproffsen ‘event tyres’ 245/35-R20 tyres at the front that had six hundred 5mm studs and Nokian Hakkapelitta 255/45-R20 tyres fixed to the rear wheels with three hundred 2mm bolts over the entire surface of the tyre. The crampons were used to aid in traction on the surface of the frozen lake that does not pull.
This is really the record for the moment that Meaden and Skoda have, the first dating back to 2011. With this, the British driving force set a new Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) floor speed record for a 2. 0-liter forced induction production car weighing 227,080 mph. He drove a Skoda Octavia vRS race at Bonneville Salt Flats.
We’ve noticed similar feats attempted and completed through other brands in the past. In 2020, a Porsche Taycan broke the world record for longest time in an electric vehicle, and a few years earlier, BMW set the record for longest time in the world. on an M5. This moment took 8 hours to complete and surpassed the previous one made through a Toyota GT86. You have to love when car brands become competitive.