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19th June 2014, 09:32 PM
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R8 e-tron to be produced?
probably not everyone's cup of tea, but for me very interesting as I am a big fan of electric cars. So far my favourite was Tesla, but I was secretly hoping Audi would step in and start producing them too. What I really want is an electric 8 though.
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/audi/r8-e-tron We should make it a forum project to convert a D2 (one with a dead gearbox/no engine) to run on batteries. Could even keep 4WD by mounting a second motor and second rear diff to the front drive shafts. Battery would go into the transmission tunnel. Last edited by Goran; 19th June 2014 at 09:36 PM. 
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#2
19th June 2014, 11:34 PM
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Sadly, I think this is more of a defensive "smoke and mirrors" exercise by the premium German manufacturers to try to stop defection of Audi (and Mercedes and BMW) customers to Tesla (though I'm biased…). This has been happening in droves in the US, where '8's, S classes and 7 series are being outsold by the Tesla Model S this year.
Retrofitting a battery pack into an existing petrol (or diesel) car just isn't going to work anytime soon, especially when it comes to range and weight distribution - though I love the idea of doing the same on an 8's transmission tunnel, if you could overcome those difficulties.
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#3
20th June 2014, 11:31 AM
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I think you are probably right, but I'm still hoping Audi surprise us and produce it (and other cars).
Its true that retrofiting batteries to a fossil fuel car is not ideal with currently available battery technology. However it could be useful for short trips because obtaining something like 50 miles range is easy. It would be fun to drive to work or shops in a 8 and not worry about congestion charge, fuel bills, etc.
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#4
20th June 2014, 03:03 PM
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#6
20th June 2014, 05:00 PM
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Transmission tunnel batteries, ok, but don't forget the fossil fuel tank is massive and if replaced could also hold a a significant volume of batteries for extra oomph!
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#7
21st June 2014, 07:41 PM
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 Nice idea, but Im not a fan of electric cars, if you can't smell petrol then its not a car  Electricity is for kettles, toasters, but not cars in my head 
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#8
21st June 2014, 08:49 PM
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There's room for both (for me at least!), and I'll only stop being a petrolhead when there's no more petrol.
However...I'm a great believer in the philosophy of "don't knock it till you've tried it", and I now have an addiction to inverter whine, as well as 8 and 12 cylinder burbles..  (and the off-beat thrum of a 20v 5 cylinder too...)
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