US-based Electric GT company brought a crinkled Ferrari 308 GTS back to life by dropping a fully electric powertrain in place of its gasoline-fueled V8.
The unusual conversion resulted into the ‘world’s first electric Ferrari’, according to the owner, after installing three electric motors in the place of the V8, good enough for 275 electric hp or 415 ‘Gas-equivalent’ horses. More importantly torque is now rated at a combined 330lb ft (447Nm).
The project started with a dead 1978 Ferrari 308 GTS, written-off after a fire in its engine bay. After recycling the parts for other Ferraris that might need them, Electric GT restored the car, pairing the electric motors with a five-speed G50 gearbox sourced from a Porsche. That’s right; this electric Ferrari is also a manual one.
The electric juice comes from a 28.5kWh battery pack, with the company currently in the process of developing a larger 75 kWh option. The driving range now sits between 80 and 100 miles (about 130-160km), which is not a long distance but the future option of the bigger battery should fix that.
Despite being a Ferrari robbed of its soundtrack, this build is a prime example of recycling done right. And if you have second thoughts on it, just remind yourself that this beautiful car would otherwise be crashed or even sit in a graveyard forever alone and abandoned.