The German company RUF, which generally deals with car tuning Porsche, recently has undertaken a major development of electric vehicles based on models of this brand. RUF has presented two versions of the electric Porsche 911, one will even come into mass production next year, albeit in a limited edition, and today the Germans have shown and all-electric Cayenne. The car is called Stormster, as it has three copies, which are used for ongoing now in the Copenhagen International conference on climate change. RUF Stormster has much in common with electric 911 Greenster, which debuted in Geneva in March. Both cars use the engine of Siemens, whose power is 367 h.p. It allows the Porsche Cayenne to accelerate from 0-100 km/h for 10 sec and develop a maximum speed of 150 kilometers per hour. Electricity needed by the unit, is supplied by a set of lithium-ion batteries, Li-Tec, allowing traveling at about 200 kilometers. without refueling, which in turn is in contact standard for 8 hours or in a specialized plant for about 5-6 hours.
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The British Automotive Engineer magazine issued a request to Lotus Designs to present their vision for a small city car. The designers of the manufacturer of sports cars are designed and respond electro-mobile, very reminiscent of a type and size Smart Fortwo. The dimensions of the vehicle are 2 600 millimeters length, 1 600 millimeters width and 1 700 millimeters height and distance between the two axes is 2 000 millimeters. Despite its small size, the designers of Lotus argued that the car has room for four people, with the rear seats can turn to free more space for luggage. The Urban electric mobile has 38 kW electric motor and 10-kW Li-ion battery located in the floor and filled in the standard contact 3 hours. Vehicle traveling up to 50 kilometers. without recharging and is able to develop maximum speed of 105 kilometers / hr.
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The super-car SLS AMG Gullwing, which is the successor of the legendary car from 50 years of the last century – 300 SL Gullwing, will debut in September at the exhibition in Frankfurt. Furthermore, at the end of last week it became clear that in 2015. Mercedes-Benz plans to launch its electric version, and, the first tests will be carried out in the end of this year. The Electric SLS will be called eDrive and has four motor Brusa, the total power of which is 532 PS. Two of them, together with Li-ion batteries will be located to the rear axle, and the rest will be found to replace the internal combustion engine. Distance, which will SLS eDrive traveling with fully charged batteries will be between 150 and 180 kilometers. But the time required for their full load will be 5-6 hours in specialized stations around 8 hours in a standard outlet. The car is expected to accelerate from 0-100 kilometers / hr about 4 seconds and develop maximum speed of 193 kilometers / hr.
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