An electric 911? Ummm... I'm not sure how I feel about this. If they can make it growl like my car then maybe I'd consider it. But it needs to hit the 400 hp mark. interesting in any case.


From Engadget...
Look out Tesla / Lightning -- a new competitor just rolled out, and it's sitting pretty. Ruf Automobile has gone public with its stunning electric eRUF concept car, which is obviously based on a Porsche 911. The automobile packs a three-phase electric motor that puts out around 200-horsepower and 480 lb.-ft. of torque, and it can reportedly go from nothing to sixty in under seven ticks. The juice is provided by a Li-ion phosphate battery pack that produces 317-volts / 480-amps and is constructed from 96 individual cells, and combined with the power garnered by the regenerative braking system, it can cruise up to 180 miles before needing a ten-hour recharge. Production, pretty please?

 

I don't even want to know how expensive it will be. 0-60 in 7 secs? My Saab could keep pace!

 

200 Hp, thats not that bad, but why make a porsche electric unless you can make porsche power... and handling.

Like Gomez said hit me up when you hit the 400 HP mark or at least get a power to weight ratio that rivals current porsches!

Electric cars are great but I think there is a technology curve, where battery technology needs to catch up with innovative thinking..... we need a lighter more powerful battery!

C'mon brainiacs

 

Ruf's answer to the new "integrated dry sump..." is not to have a oil at all!!!

 

200 hp is a start, the Torque is amazing.

 

seems like the wrong car to put electric tech in -

to me it makes as much sense to me as putting a V-8 in a Prius - it kind of defeats the purpose.

yeah, sure add electric power and you still have Porsche handling - but you also rob it of it's sound, the weight and traction of having the engine in the back, and the wonderful rev of their gas powered engine that is like no other.

Nice exercise in showing it can be done RUF - but it seems like a waste to me.