I have no idea if this is legit., but it looks kind of cool: Rebirth Auto Jaguar XK8 Twin Motor Race Kit - Rebirth Auto

 

Scrolling through the site trying to get some information like range, horsepower etc. which I could not find, I went to the tab Cars For Sale. There was listed an older Porsche 911 that showed 365 hp, 0-60 under 4 seconds, but only a maximum of 50 mile range on a charge. Not too practical for anything but short commuter driving, not exactly what you want to do with a high performance vehicle. Interesting concept though. And, of course, the Jaguar conversion was the most expensive.

 

My thought has always been that if I wanted a fuel efficient car, I'd have bought a Prius. Besides, my twin brother drives a hybrid so I figure that together we balance out. Also, at $17.5k, this is a very expensive mod.


Mark

 

I definitely agree, and I would miss that wonderful V8 burble. Just thought it was interesting to see.

And it looks like, even at that price, the battery is not included!!

 

Only $29k for the battery pack. Check it out!
Rebirth Auto Jaguar XK8 Battery Packs - Rebirth Auto

 

Like WhiteXkr said,
Electric cars do not have the burble that we love so much - totally agree with him. For me that's a deal breaker.
On the other hand, does anyone know if It's possible to modify our XK's to run on natural gas. When I lived in Belgium in the 90's, almost every taxi cab was modified to run on it. I wonder if this degrades the HP though?