The goal of the car is to find the perfect balance between energy capacity and weight rather than maximizing performance. This goes against most ideas of a race car but this is a new generation that will inspire future models.

Romain Dumas will be behind the wheel during the 4,720 vertical-foot climb which consists of 156 corners. The temperatures at the finish line could actually be freezing even in June. Drivers will only have one attempt at the hill climb and Volkswagen is trying to break the electric vehicle record of 8:57.118 minutes.

This is just another example of how far electric vehicle technology has come and another example of how far it can go. Besides the technological feats it looks stunningly aggressive as well.