Porsche Announces New Lightweight Lithium-Ion Starter Battery Option
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termigni
good work Porsche! just wait a year and the price will drop like the plasma TVs!
November 23, 2009 5:06 pm
dustin
Braille makes a lithium battery that weighs 3.6kg, is 30Ah, and costs $2,000 (1,336 euro).
November 23, 2009 5:53 pm
scratchy996
?1,904 for removing 10 kilos off the GT3 RS ? i guess some hardcore drivers will get that and brag about it in the pits :)
November 23, 2009 6:34 pm
autoficianado
Starbucks is the pits. 2nd grade coffee at premium prices. Porsche is notorious for the price of their accessories.
November 23, 2009 8:57 pm
dustinwcf
Braille has a lithium battery that weighs 3.6kg, is 30Ah, and costs $2,000.
November 23, 2009 11:14 pm
radmeister
You guys are funny, a normal lead battery for a porsche is probably around 200$, my 1100mAh battery for my nokia was 60$. That price seems like your usual porsche price, market value +20%. Same like sony, and samsung compared to RCA and JVC.
November 24, 2009 2:20 am
khlbt
A pack of energizer 4D batteries cost $5...absolutely flawless...LOL!!!
November 24, 2009 4:48 am
HussainAnmar
Expensive, not offering a big advantage - 10 kilos less and maybe you're going to add 10 kilos of fat on you, what's the deal?
Honestly, Porsche should offer this new battery on all of it's cars.
November 24, 2009 6:17 am
scratchy996
you don't know how hardcore drivers think. 10 kilos do not sound like much, but for serious drivers every kilo they can shed is important.
November 24, 2009 9:27 am
F.J.M.B.TECH
All of the coments are Cracking me up this is way to funny, but i will have to allso agree with scratchy that every kilo counts to the true drivers/ racers.
November 24, 2009 3:45 pm
najdier
A major advance in automotive battery technology is long, long overdue.
November 25, 2009 9:42 am
Clement
I totally agree with scratchy, 10kg of ballast is the winning or loosing in professional races. I meant, all these reply are saying that battery for Nokia at $60, car battery at $200 etc... if you could get me a 6kg car batttery that'd work just like the one Porsche launched, I'll buy it mate!
November 26, 2009 12:57 am
cdawgj
This technology's already out there, saw someone with an aftermarket lithium battery in their Porsche last year. He said the battery was 3 pounds, and cost was under $1000. Still a little pricey for me, though if you think about it, compared to carbon and titanium parts, it's actually a good deal.
November 27, 2009 11:03 am
ChrisJ99
This technology's already out there, saw someone with an aftermarket lithium battery in their Porsche last year. He said the battery was 3 pounds, and cost was under $1000. Still a little pricey for me, though if you think about it, compared to carbon and titanium parts, it's actually a good deal.
November 27, 2009 6:11 pm
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