LAST AUTO NEWS – PORSCHE READYING NEW ELECTRIC 911?
Last Auto account – Porsche basic new electric 911? Close buys Tesla Roadster to appraise approaching eco model.
Is an all-electric 911 just about the corner? Porsche’s engineers accept shelled out £100,000 on their actual own Tesla Roadster for â??research purposes’.
The Lotus Elise-based two-door – which proves that array ability and active thrills can go hand-in-hand – will be analysed and taken afar by the German close so technicians can added their electric car know-how.
Buying a competitor’s car for R&D purposes is annihilation new. But if a aggregation such as Porsche admits to eyeing up an absolutely new blazon of
propulsion, it’s big news!
Rumour has it the close is already testing a prototype, although it will not absolution any data until it’s absolutely blessed with the product. This will not be the aboriginal electric Porsche, though. That approval goes to German affability specialist Ruf, with its 911-based E-Ruf – which we drive for the aboriginal time this anniversary on Page 34.
However, Porsche is said to be aghast with the achievement of the E-Ruf – it covers 0-60mph in just beneath seven abnormal and goes on to a top acceleration of 140mph.
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