If Porsche made an electric 997, would you buy it?
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If Porsche made an electric 997, would you buy it?
I'm just curious to hear your thoughts on this topic. Alot of high-end car makers seem to be going green, including rolls royce with their plans to roll out an electric phantom.
If porsche rolled out an electric version of the 997, that was just as fast if not faster than what is currently out there and offered the same amenities, would you purchase it? or is that exhaust note, which would surely be lacking in an electric, enough to stay with petrol?
If porsche rolled out an electric version of the 997, that was just as fast if not faster than what is currently out there and offered the same amenities, would you purchase it? or is that exhaust note, which would surely be lacking in an electric, enough to stay with petrol?
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I love electric cars (owned an EV-1 before GM took it back) and love sports cars. But I don't have any interest in an electric sports car. The engine sound, weight, CG and range of a sports car are all at odds with current electric power designs.
Further, over time, I've become less enamored with pure electric so long as we keep building more coal plants to run them. Until we convert to a nuclear grid, I'll drive my Prius.
Further, over time, I've become less enamored with pure electric so long as we keep building more coal plants to run them. Until we convert to a nuclear grid, I'll drive my Prius.
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I'm just curious to hear your thoughts on this topic. Alot of high-end car makers seem to be going green, including rolls royce with their plans to roll out an electric phantom.
If porsche rolled out an electric version of the 997, that was just as fast if not faster than what is currently out there and offered the same amenities, would you purchase it? or is that exhaust note, which would surely be lacking in an electric, enough to stay with petrol?
If porsche rolled out an electric version of the 997, that was just as fast if not faster than what is currently out there and offered the same amenities, would you purchase it? or is that exhaust note, which would surely be lacking in an electric, enough to stay with petrol?
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^Interesting video, but I do in fact thing that it is a bit biased. They said that the "Prius would be driven as fast as possible", which means that they were straining the prius' engine which is less capable for speed than is the BMW. In closing, they state that you should change your driving habits, yet they technically drove the prius aggressively and the m3 at what may not have been it's most aggresive point in this comparison.
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I'm just curious to hear your thoughts on this topic. Alot of high-end car makers seem to be going green, including rolls royce with their plans to roll out an electric phantom.
If porsche rolled out an electric version of the 997, that was just as fast if not faster than what is currently out there and offered the same amenities, would you purchase it? or is that exhaust note, which would surely be lacking in an electric, enough to stay with petrol?
If porsche rolled out an electric version of the 997, that was just as fast if not faster than what is currently out there and offered the same amenities, would you purchase it? or is that exhaust note, which would surely be lacking in an electric, enough to stay with petrol?
Electric cars are not on a horizon for quite long time, not until totally new types of batteries will be created.
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^Interesting video, but I do in fact thing that it is a bit biased. They said that the "Prius would be driven as fast as possible", which means that they were straining the prius' engine which is less capable for speed than is the BMW. In closing, they state that you should change your driving habits, yet they technically drove the prius aggressively and the m3 at what may not have been it's most aggresive point in this comparison.
But as for now all that stuff from this production cycle process poisons Chinaland - it is very respectful idea to drive Prius in USA.
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Unfortunately the public has been duped into thinking that battery and hybrid cars are more Green... Unfortunately, most consumers aren't aware of how harsh the manufacturing process is to produce the batteries, and then dispose of them. Most batteries are manufactured overseas where there is little or no concern for environmental pollution during the manufacturing processes. Those processes wipe out any Green factor or Carbon Credits that are saved during the cars driving lifespan...
Am I a tree-huger? Nope - but I really hate that we are being made to think that electric cars are helping the environment. They may in the future - but as of today - they don't.
Unfortunately the public has been duped into thinking that battery and hybrid cars are more Green... Unfortunately, most consumers aren't aware of how harsh the manufacturing process is to produce the batteries, and then dispose of them. Most batteries are manufactured overseas where there is little or no concern for environmental pollution during the manufacturing processes. Those processes wipe out any Green factor or Carbon Credits that are saved during the cars driving lifespan...
Am I a tree-huger? Nope - but I really hate that we are being made to think that electric cars are helping the environment. They may in the future - but as of today - they don't.
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Do you mean electric or hybrid? Hybrids are not electric cars. All of the energy ( and the majority of energy if you include plug in hybrids) is produced from gasoline. The battery, electric motor,etc. is simply an energy reclaimation and storage system. The reduced emmissions comes from the reduced fuel consumption.
True electric vehicles have limited range due to limitations in battery capacity. How clean they are depensd on wher you get you electricity from. In the US electric cars are polluters because we have mostly old tech dirty coal plants. The same care could be much cleaner if it were operating in a different country where the electricity is produced differently. In addition, our power grid is second rate and could not stand up to millions of plug in cars.
I would not buy a an electric Porsche as the limited use in my case would probably result in new batteries every couple of years...BIG $$$$$$. A hybrid? I wolod not want the complexity. Side point.....I would buy a TDI before I would buy a Prius. TDI's are clean and the better choice for a long term keeper IMHO.
True electric vehicles have limited range due to limitations in battery capacity. How clean they are depensd on wher you get you electricity from. In the US electric cars are polluters because we have mostly old tech dirty coal plants. The same care could be much cleaner if it were operating in a different country where the electricity is produced differently. In addition, our power grid is second rate and could not stand up to millions of plug in cars.
I would not buy a an electric Porsche as the limited use in my case would probably result in new batteries every couple of years...BIG $$$$$$. A hybrid? I wolod not want the complexity. Side point.....I would buy a TDI before I would buy a Prius. TDI's are clean and the better choice for a long term keeper IMHO.
