[llninja]

A resounding "Yes!" With a double fist pump

http://www.hybridcars.com/second-gen-audi-r8-e-tron-ev-gets-280-miles-range/

So GM, where's the E-Vette? The gauntlet has been thrown. Now that I'm going to be an empty nester, this R8 Etron would be a perfect commuter car (in nice weather).

 

[timoshev]

I would settle for a Saturn Sky. Still looks great.

 

[El Dobro]

Well, GM did trademark a name for a plug in Vette.
https://95octane.com/2015/12/22/gm-e-ray-trademark/

 

[Upper5Percent]

A resounding "Yes!" With a double fist pump

http://www.hybridcars.com/second-gen-audi-r8-e-tron-ev-gets-280-miles-range/

So GM, where's the E-Vette? The gauntlet has been thrown. Now that I'm going to be an empty nester, this R8 Etron would be a perfect commuter car (in nice weather).

You do realize that they killed it...
http://blog.caranddriver.com/the-e-tron-is-gone-audi-pulls-the-plug-on-its-electric-r8/

 

[llninja]

You do realize that they killed it...
http://blog.caranddriver.com/the-e-tron-is-gone-audi-pulls-the-plug-on-its-electric-r8/

And it may get reincarnated

http://gm-volt.com/2017/06/20/163953/

 

[llninja]

I would settle for a Saturn Sky. Still looks great.

If Gm electrifies a different 2 seater like the Saturn Sky/Pontiac Solstice, then it could mean a less expensive car overall. I forgot about those 2 sweaters. Maybe I should just find a used one and try to electrify it myself.

 

[Upper5Percent]

I would settle for a Saturn Sky. Still looks great.

Well, AMP did EV a few back in 2008-9 before they got out of the business...
http://gas2.org/2008/08/14/have-your-saturn-converted-to-an-all-electric-car/

 

[Mister Dave]

You do realize that they killed it...
http://blog.caranddriver.com/the-e-tron-is-gone-audi-pulls-the-plug-on-its-electric-r8/

And it may get reincarnated
http://gm-volt.com/2017/06/20/163953/

EV is a public relations football in Europe.

This is the part of Euro BS that disturbs me. They say blah blah blah we want changes but when it comes to putting your money where your mouth is the demand isn't there. Sales of the Volt/Ampera were abysmal and I expect the same will be true of the Bolt/Ampera-E when all is told.

Well, GM did trademark a name for a plug in Vette.
https://95octane.com/2015/12/22/gm-e-ray-trademark/

This is what will sell, E or no E:

I'm betting on a hybrid 'ray.

 

[llninja]

EV is a public relations football in Europe.
.

American football, what we know as soccer (futbol), or rugby/Australian rules football.

How come everything I want I cannot get? I want a Holden Commodore Wagon with a 6.2L V8 and a stick shift, Chevy insists on giving us the wimpy Malibu V6. I want an electric vette, Gm gives us icers. I want a Voltec Subyukonade or at a minimum a hybrid Suburban or Silverado, and GM discontinued their truck hybrids. I want a Voltec or Boltec AWD Equinox, and we get nada.

 

[Mister Dave]

How come everything I want I cannot get?

Low demand. Almost zero outside of the US with the exception of China where they are literally choking on their own "progress".

The 'vette could happen. But if the sales numbers aren't there..... *POOF*

 

[Upper5Percent]

EV is a public relations football in Europe.

This is the part of Euro BS that disturbs me. They say blah blah blah we want changes but when it comes to putting your money where your mouth is the demand isn't there. Sales of the Volt/Ampera were abysmal and I expect the same will be true of the Bolt/Ampera-E when all is told.



This is what will sell, E or no E:

I'm betting on a hybrid 'ray.

The Elextra just might generate some interest...

http://www.designboom.com/technology/elextra-electric-supercar-05-17-2017/

 

[Upper5Percent]

Or maybe a NIO-EP9...

http://www.nio.io/ep9

THE FASTEST ELECTRIC CAR IN THE WORLD
06:45.900
NÜRBURGRING NORDSCHLEIFE
LAP RECORD
GERMANY, MAY 12th 2017

 

[Mister Dave]

The Elextra just might generate some interest...

I'm interested in seeing the doors open. A 4-door supercar? It's sacrilege!!

 

[Mister Dave]

Or maybe a NIO-EP9...

http://www.nio.io/ep9

THE FASTEST ELECTRIC CAR IN THE WORLD
06:45.900
NÜRBURGRING NORDSCHLEIFE
LAP RECORD
GERMANY, MAY 12th 2017

Somehow I don't see the old farts on this forum climbing in and out of that car. I'll give it a shot, but I doubt the wife will approve. No way this becomes her daily driver and I already have a pickup truck in the garage I don't drive very often (2008 with 10K miles).

Wait...... sorry. We were dreaming weren't we? My bad.

 

[llninja]

The Elextra just might generate some interest...

http://www.designboom.com/technology/elextra-electric-supercar-05-17-2017/

I'll believe it when I see it in the showroom, with a pricetag that's got to be out of this world.

 

[Upper5Percent]

I'm interested in seeing the doors open. A 4-door supercar? It's sacrilege!!

Maybe they'll open like the Porsche Mission E...

 

[llninja]

Maybe they'll open like the Porsche Mission E...

That's great for a show car prototype. But without some pillar between the front and rear doors, the side impact protection won't be good at all. I do hope they make the mission-e as when growing up a had always wanted a 911 or 928, but now that I've gone electric my dreams for a Porsche have changed. If Porsche doesn't hurry my dream car might be a Tesla, NSX, i8 or something else. All I need is one very do-able banner year for stocks and mutual funds and I'm pulling the trigger.

 

[Mister Dave]

Maybe they'll open like the Porsche Mission E...

That's what I was thinking, but I want to see them open to prove there will be seats in the back.

 

[FI Spyder]

Just ran across this video of the development of the E Tron. 41 minutes long but some interesting stuff highlight some stuff one never thinks of.

https://www.autoblog.com/2019/01/01/audi-e-tron-how-its-made-video/?ncid=edlinkusauto00000021&yptr=yahoo