Porsche, Mercedes and Audi are working on electric cars Tesla competitors

According to the detailed interview, given by the German media Manager Magazine , the three largest automakers, Porsche, Mercedes and Audi are now working on their own electric cars.

At the same electric, over which work is underway, positioned as "the answer Tesla». Guide companies mentioned seeing the success of Elon Musk, reflect on the creation of their own electric vehicles available.

So, Porsche chairman has already said that his company is working on an electric vehicle, not a hybrid, namely, electric cars, which will be based on a proprietary platform Modular Standard Platform (Modularer Standardantrieb-Baukasten). Structurally, the cars will be similar to the Panamera (already offered in the past form hybrids ).

This electric vehicle is equipped with a powerful electric motor and advanced batteries that will challenge the Tesla Model S in terms of power and distance traveled on a single battery charge. The mass of the car will be less than the mass of the Tesla Model S (in any case, as planned).

However, such a model should appear only in 2018, with the pace of development, like the Tesla, Elon Musk company clearly have time to create something more sophisticated and attractive for customers.

In addition, Mercedes is also working on an electric vehicle that is going to oppose all the same Tesla Model S. But here we are talking about at all in 2021. Current versions of the Mercedes battery is too large, and just do not fit in the car manufacturer.

Nakonts, Audi, recently announced Audi Q8 e-tron , is going to release its electric car by 2017. But Q8 is not a competitor of the Model S Tesla. Perhaps, Q8 can almost compete with the Model X SUV. But the latter will be released Tesla in March 2015.

As for Tesla, then the company is developing very fast. Scheduled for March release of a new model is planned to create giga-factory batteries for Tesla in Nevada, USA. Elon Musk also plans to greatly expand the network elektrozapravok making them available throughout Europe, Russia (Moscow and St. Petersburg), Ukraine and Moldova.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/240712/