“With nearly double the torque of the original engine, the electric motors are no contest for even the finest tuned Weber carburetors,” said Hutchison. “Technology changes, and we are now in a time when an electric SUV is faster than a Ferrari sports car” Justin Herrmann of Strategic Racing Designs also assisted on the project. […]
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CarScoops features electric Ferrari transformation and recycling effort. Despite being a Ferrari robbed of its soundtrack, this build is a prime example of recycling done right. And if you have second thoughts on it, just remind yourself that this beautiful car would otherwise be crashed or even sit in a graveyard forever alone and abandoned. See
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It might be some time before we see a fully electric Ferrari from the folks in Maranello, but an enterprising group of tinkerers from an outfit called Electric GT have done just that. The company has taken a scorched ’78 Ferrari 308 GTS (shout out to all the Magnum PI fans) and turned it into
It’s been a big week over here at Electric GT! The Electric Ferrari has been getting some (well-deserved) attention from the press, and we love that AutoBlog thinks that the 308 EV would make Magnum PI proud. They took the Ferrari out for a spin on Translogic awhile back, for a VR ride, which was
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A San Diego-based EV conversion company salvaged a charred Ferrari (they had many to choose from) by turning it into what the company claims is the first fully electric Ferrari, a 415-horsepower electric tire-crusher. It’s glorious, if a little blasphemous. A few months back, Ferrari Boss Sergio Marchionne said the idea of an electric Ferrari was an
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“Blasphemy, I tell you,” is what some Ferrari fans may now be screaming at their computer screens, “blasphemy!” And admittedly, they do have a point, although many of these people are also avid gamers with the use of sites like Overwatchboostpros.com, and we all know these are the kind of people that like to scream.
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“The World’s Quietest 308” may be an abomination to some, but we definitely take it as a compliment! Those who are petrol purists may at first shake their heads at the idea of a Ferrari without its well-known engine roar, but this article helps highlight the (all-too-common) fuel fire that led this particular 308 to
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The V8 was replaced with a first ever triple electric H PEVS AC51 motor assembly providing 330 ft lbs of torque with a range of 100 miles. The current battery of 30 kWh delivers excellent performance, and Electric GT will a soon offer a pack with twice that capacity. “We can make it even faster
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We may not have been the ones to say it, but we’re glad the guys over at Autoevolution did! For some, this is a blasphemy and a sacrilege, while others will drool at the possibility of driving one of these legendary vehicles with zero guilt – which only goes to show you can never please
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