Volkswagen ID.R breaks Heaven's Gate record

Volkswagen has set yet another record with its ID.R electric race car, and it’s the most breathtaking one yet. Race driver Romain Dumas took the ID.R up Tianmen Mountain Big Gate Road on September 2. It’s a 10.9km-long, concrete-surfaced road with 99 curves that ascends Tianmenshan – Chinese for Heaven’s Gate Mountain – in the Hunan Province of China. The total time was 7:38.585 minutes, making for the fastest ascent of Tianmenshan.