How will high-performance EV cars affect Supercars?

How will high-performance EV cars affect Supercars?

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Been thinking about this a lot recently. With the arrival of full-electric, high-performance sports cars (E-Tron GT, M Vision Next, Tesla Roadster, etc) which are sporting mad levels of torque and 0-60 mph times of 3 secs or less as standard, how does that impact you guys when looking to change into a new Supercar? I have always associated speed and noise with what makes up part of a Supercar. Now speed seems to be irrelevant and as EVs become more popular, noise is no longer being associated with performance as it used to be. Especially with younger buyers. With uber low yearly running costs these cars are becoming hard to ignore. Will the definition of a Supercar over a sports car come down to design, badge, heritage and finish alone rather than performance and noise?

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Monday 19th August 2019
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Yep, had a chat with someone involved with the E-Tron products and he said the average charge time will be 15 mins.

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After my limited experience of driving EVs it does seem a huge step back, getting into something with a combustion engine. The more time I spend in them the more I notice the noise, smell and lack of useable power in my own cars. My friend has a Tesla X P100D. He can get 6 people around in comfort, with very little effort, far less running costs and quicker up to legal speeds, than I can get myself in an Italian 2-seater V10.