Porsche 918 Spyder with Electric Power
Porsche 918 Spyder, this new Porsche will take the space
after Carrera GT left the production. Porsche 918 Spyder is a totally
new
concept, unlike Carrera GT it does not run on only petrol power, Porsche
918
runs with electric power as well. There are two electric engines are
placed in 918 Spyder,
one in front axle (122 PS) and the other one in rear axle (108 PS) act
as a
hybrid and runs with petrol engine. Moreover, 4.6-lt V8 petrol engine is
also
present and produces 570 PS of power. The combination of electric and
petrol
engines deliver more than 770 PS of power to Porsche 918 with only
3lt/km of consumption level! In addition, batteries can be charged by
plug-in but
charging times are not announced yet. The top speed is more than 325 kph
(200 mph).
918 Spyder will also feature adaptive rear-axle steering and
fully adaptive aerodynamics. Rear-axle steering can be found in BMW cars today
and improves the cornering and parking significantly. Adaptive aerodynamics will
be similar to Bugatti Veyron’s adaptive rear spoiler; acting as an air brake and improve handling at high speed.
Porsche 918 Spyder will go into production end of September
2013 and first delivery will be before the end of 2013. Porsche will be using carbon
fibre reinforced plastic (CFPR) to manufacture 918 Spyder. This enables to
reduce the weight significantly and improve consumption, better handling and also
better safety in higher speeds. As a result of this new technologies, Porsche
defines the 918 Spyder as minimum consumption and maximum of performance.
According to press release and technical information, Porsche
918 Spyder will create a path in super car segment. During 2000s; we saw
Ferrari Enzo, Mercedes McLaren SLR, Porsche Carrera GT and Ford GT.
Each of
these cars developed and improved the meaning of super car, and in
following
years we will a new type of super car territory.
