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eRuf Stormster a plug-in Porsche Cayenne

By Tim Beissmann |

German tuning company Ruf Automobile will begin production of the eRuf Stormster – an all-electric customised version of the Porsche Cayenne – within a year.

The big SUV is Ruf’s third attempt at converting a pristine Porsche into a plug-in after earlier iterations of an electric 911 ‘Greenster’.

The task was made much easier because of the Cayenne’s size and available space for battery cells, and the finished product is a far more practical and feasible prospect.

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The Stormster shares the Greenster’s 270kW Siemens electric motor which is powered by Li-Tec lithium-ion batteries.

Performance figures are humble compared to the standard internal combustion Cayenne – 0-100km/h in close to 10 seconds and a top speed of 150km/h – but compared to other electric vehicles it looks more impressive, with a range of 200km between charges.

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Ruf plans to build the Stormster with the normal Cayenne body as well as the wide-body Stormster Green design, most likely in small numbers out of the tuner’s Bavarian garage

It is currently on show at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.


 

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  • GTR

    OMFG. World’s ugliest Cayenne?

  • Shak

    Trust me theyll find a way to make it uglier

  • Rick Shaw

    i think the green cayenne looks pretty good. i’d rather have one of them over just about any soft 4×4

  • Andrew M

    And the important thing always neglected when talking plug ins, is how many kwh’s does it consume to go that 200ks???

    • lazybones

      The battery pack is a massive 50kwh. So at a guess the effcienty of the car would be about 190kwh per Km. Given you can only use about 60-80% of the battery. So not great for an EV but $3 of electicity would take you about 100kms compared to about $16 for the base V6 model.

  • Jarrod

    A green cayenne is a good idea. Considering how crap the old ones were Porsche are 1. More likely 2 seel them, and 2. Have cayenne owners who will admit to owning one.

  • crouchy

    I have never understood RUF… and probably never will…

  • http://www.luanpa.net luanpa

    I like this car