curve lover

All-electric Porsche 911 is a bit Ruf

Alois Ruf’s calling card is a firebreathing 911 that eats ozone like a small child chews through chocolate, so the car rolling silently out of the company’s skunkworks, just a mile from the main factory, is what’s technically known as a turn up for the books. It’s the start of a whole new chapter for Ruf Automobile: the eRuf Model A, Germany’s first electric sportscar.



German Porsche tuner Ruf is building an electric Porsche 911 with the intent of offering a small number of production versions starting in 2010. The multi-continent effort began with Ruf’s prototype, which was built by CalMotors, a U.S.-based design and engineering firm. The Ruf’s lithium-ion battery pack is supplied by Axeon, a firm in Dundee, Scotland.



The electric Ruf Porsche makes 210 hp and is expected to top out at 140 mph, and travel 150 miles on a single charge. No word on price, but starting with a 911 on the way to building an electric car should make it a plaything for the very wealthy.



Ruf has junked the iconic 911's thrummy six-cylinder engine in favour of an all-electric powertrain for its eRUF concept car.



Normalish on the outside
The eRUF looks like a mildly tweaked but otherwise run-of-the-mill Porsche 911. Those four very prominent test vehicle stickers, one at each corner, hint at the car's experimental electric drivetrain. Although the electric motor only generates a trifling 150kW of power, there's an amazing 650Nm of torque available the instant you step on the gas.



But where will my Gucci handbag go?
The eRUF's 96 Lithium-ion batteries take up the entire front trunk, back seat, and a good part of the engine compartment. Reaching a full charge takes about 10 hours. Once full, the batteries will take you a maximum range of between 250 to 320km, depending on driving conditions.



No flyweight
Not only does the eRuf's battery pack take up most of the luggage space, it's the main contributor to the car's 1,910kg kerb weight; that's some 600 kilos heavier than the standard 911 Carrera. The extra weight also explains why RUF is targeting a 0-100km/h acceleration time of under seven seconds, a test an entry-level 911 will dispatch in 4.9 seconds.



Sources: First fully electric Porsche (eRuf Model A); Caranddriver.com; CNet.com.

Inspired by Arrwin's recent thread, "EvPorsche....Electric 911."

Mike J

One thing I like about 100% electric vehicles...its the torque. This car, while not fast, will likely push your butt well into the seat..give the technology another 5 years and we will see real progress in battery pack technologies (which seems to be the weak spot right now), and then watch out!

Of course, we will invest in sound systems so it sounds like a porsche should.. :-)

spdracr

Every time I walk by and see that edition laying on the floor I think its a 993 with that front bumper. Maybe they should look into possible production for the 997.

curve lover

Not as radical as this RUF, or their Greenster, but here's an electric conversion company driving a 356 replica.

"Left Coast Electrics, Interview with Greg 'Gadget' Abbott, and an EV '57 Speedster test drive. TRANSLOGIC 4.4"

Drive footage starts at ~3:25...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acBQM-1UkZM

curve lover

No exhaust pipes...

curve lover

Featured in an episode of CBS' CSI, per IMCDB.org.

curve lover

Related:

MakeMineElectric.com's Replica Porsche 356 Speedster.
"Leather interior, 4 speed manual transmission, chrome wheels, upgraded suspension, VDO instrumentation, working tachometer, front disc brakes, Made in the USA."




Replica Porsche 550 Spyder
"Leather interior, 4 speed manual transmission, chrome wheels, upgraded suspension, VDO instrumentation, working tachometer, front disc brakes, Made in the USA."


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curve lover

AspenElectricMotors.com

"We Electrocute Porsches and turn them into PorschEVs"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWgIN...eature=related

curve lover

worldClassExotics.com = evPorsche.com = coolGreenCar.net


SpeedTV's "Plug-in Porsche: Electric 911 -- RACER's Howard Walker is ready for Earth Day with World Class Exotics' electric-powered Porsche."


Jalopnik.com's "Electric Porsche 959, In a Sense"

curve lover

Slightly OT (non-Porsche body), but cool:

high-schoolers making the world a better (& faster!) place:
AutoBlog.com's "DeLaSalle School students build super-efficient electric car that gets 307 mpg"

Wouldn't the open cockpit be a source of significant drag?

(Where did they find such a large, perfectly flat surface with 1/4" of standing water, nearly ideal as a photo background?
Possbily an engineered part of Bridgestone's Texas Proving Ground?

Speaking of Bridgestone, before the photo was taken, "OK, we've got the sticker on the car, now here, kids: wear these!" ... not that there's anything wrong with that )

curve lover

...back to P-cars:

curve lover

In their cover feature, "Electric Sunshine," Excellence Magazine gets two Targas together for a unique comparo.

Unintended phonetic pun in Excellence's subtitle, describing RUF's 997 as "roofless"

curve lover

Excerpt of 9Magazine.com's "Report: Porsche Confirms Fully Electric “Boxster – E” Project:"

Aussie Alan 993

So would you call it AIR COOLED???

curve lover

^^