The Porsche 918 Spyder may be one of the fastest, most powerful hypercars in the world, but the truth is, there’s also a green side to it.
For short distances of up to 12 miles (19 kilometers), the car can travel on electric power alone, and the folks from Drive wanted to verify Porsche’s claim. To do that, they drove a 918 Spyder from the northernmost tip of Manhattan island to its southernmost tip, on a route that’s about 12 miles long.
The Porsche’s two electric motors, located one on each axle, draw energy from a liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery. In all-electric mode, the 918 Spyder is still reasonably fast, sprinting from 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) in under 7 seconds and reaching a top speed of up to 93 mph (150km/h).
However, in the test you are about to watch the 918 Spyder was not pushed above 32 mph (51 km/h) so that it didn’t run out of juice too early. Scroll down to see if Porsche’s hypercar made it to the finish line.