Porsche's GT4 e-Performance: Electric race car with impressive efficiency

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Porsche engineer Björn Förster reveals that the battery pack in the GT4 e-Performance weighs 450 kilograms yet contains the same energy as just 8 litres of fuel. Despite this, the electric race car can complete a half-hour race distance as quickly as petrol cars in Porsche Cup.

Already a subscriber?One of the strangest statistics offered up by Porsche engineer Björn Förster is that the battery pack in the GT4 e-Performance, the company’s prototype electric race car, weighs 450 kilograms yet contains the same energy as just 8 litres of fuel.It seems like an impossible imbalance if you are attempting to build an EV for motor sport, yet Förster insists Porsche has overcome many of the challenges.

The 42-year-old German is project manager of the new race car, based on the current Cayman, and recently visited Australia to show it off and gather feedback from customer racers. Förster says that despite having the equivalent of just 8 litres of fuel, the GT4 e-Performance can complete a half-hour race distance as quickly as those petrol 911s slugging it out in the brand’s highly successful one-make series, known as the Porsche Cup. “The big advantage is the efficiency. It’s above 95 per cen

 

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