Electric vehicles were once known to sacrifice power to save gas. Those days are long gone with companies such as Ferrari and BMW gearing up to release high powered electric vehicles.

Next up may be Audi, if recent reports are to be believed that suggest the Automaker is gearing up to debut an R8 ePerformance EV concept at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show. Don’t get this confused, however, as the reports say this call will be powered by nothing more than high capacity batteries and an electric motor making it a fully all electric vehicle.

Audi has yet to say anything of such a car so we’ll have to wait until September to see if these rumors turn out true.

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Nissan has recently come forth to show off their all-electric EV-11 prototype that is based on the company’s Versa vehicle.

Pictured above is said vehicle and will apparantly feature a Nissan-designed 108HP electric motor that will be powered by a Automotive Energy Supply corp. designed 24 kWh battery making for a ~100-mile range.

On the inside the car will reportedly feature a navigation system that maps out how much farther the driver can travel on the current charge along with show you charging stations along your route. What’s more interesting is that Nissan will give consumers the ability to check up on the car’s charging status via a cellphone.

iPhone app anyone?

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