Ruf Automobile's electric Porsche concept gets real, pictured

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?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 12th 2008 10:31AM]

I think the point is, that if your spending some hard cash like that. You'll buy something more exhilarating. Something that can do serious speed, fast acceleration, has ranges at least of 250 miles or more, and most importantly not wait more than about 10 minutes before it can be used again after all energy has been depleted. Yeah I am all about GREEN, saving the world and such. But if we where all that uptight about saving the world, there is so much more we could be doing right now to make it GREENER. But until more enjoyable GREENER vehicles come around, I wouldn't blow excessive amounts of money on such restrictive forms of transportation when there are much cheaper and enjoyable vehicles out there. Except for bragging rights that is. And that's an whole other issue right there, much greater than being about the GREEN. But for the sake of it, this would be okay I guess, for people who do small errands that don't require going further than 200 miles and not doing much else far as transportation for the rest of the day. In other words, not for the average consumer but for the wealthy who don't do much doing an average day except go to an event and home. It plays on the psyche. "I am being GREENER by buying this none gas powered GREEN machine to due my minimalistic daily activities." But think about all the other NON-GREEN things that are cause to make these OVERPRICED forms of transportation. Who's getting FOOLED here? The wealthy or the average Joe and Sue watching the wealthy drive these things? Ca, ca, ca, ca, come on!

[wsnideman Posted Oct 12th 2008 11:37AM]

I'm I the only one who is wondering how much this is going to cost, especially compared to the Tesla?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2008 4:15PM]

DO WANT.