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Porsche Unveils Its First Electric Car
An anonymous reader writes: German automaker Porsche has made its first foray into electric vehicles. On Monday at the Frankfurt Auto Show, it unveiled a concept car called the Porsche Mission E. Its 800-volt drive system can take the car from 0 to 100km/h in 3.5 seconds. The high-voltage charging system lets it gain 80% of its battery capacity back within 15 minutes. They claim a driving range of 500km on a single battery charge. Porsche said the car was not a response to the Tesla Model S, but the two will likely be direct competitors when the Mission E goes into full production. That will happen "within the next five years."
Zero to production in five years. Yay.
It IS a big deal! Porsche will be the FIRST electric car with a battery hanging behind the rear axle! It won't even need front wheels! They're just for show! Porsche FTW!!!
"The high-voltage charging system lets it gain 80% of its battery capacity back within 15 minutes. "
Don't they have any marketing slime in their company?
Why don't they just add another 20% to the battery, then they can claim that it will be _fully_ recharged after 15 minutes?
Later people will notice that if you let it stay longer on the charger, they will even get 120% of the capacity.
It would be a win/win.