This air-cooled Porsche 911 turned EV might make purists very unhappy

This air-cooled Porsche 911 was turned into an EV by a UK car company.

Based on the 964 911, this electric vehicle was built on commission for a customer in Canada.

It looks just like the original, and it’s faster and more reliable.

But, well, it’s electric, and purists will probably have a hard time coming to terms with it.

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More powerful and reliable than the standard air-cooled Porsche 911

Known as Lighthouse Commission, this 911 was built by Everrati, a UK company specializing in electromods – classic cars turned into electric cars.

The standard 964 911 produces 247 horsepower but this is twice as powerful, with an electric unit capable of putting out 500 horsepower.

It does 0-60mph in just 3.7 seconds, and it has 200 miles of range.

The good news is the owner – believe it or not – actually intends to drive this every day.

This is something he’ll be able to do without a problem, because one of the main advantages of turning an old car into an electric vehicle is you get a bit more reliability.

What’s exactly is an electromod?

Any classic car converted into an electric vehicle can be called an ‘electromod’.

For marketing purposes, the companies behind them generally use words like ‘heritage’ and ’emissions’, which for example is what a company called Arc has done when it comes to the Ford Bronco.

In real-world terms, what they mean is that by converting a gas car into an electric one, you can keep it on the road for longer, because electric cars have fewer moving parts, and so they require less maintenance.

Purists generally don’t love electromods, but it mostly depends on the engine.

A while back, Jason Momoa converted his 1929 Rolls-Royce into an electric classic (below), and no one really objected because everyone realized that the engine in that particular car was simply too old to function in the modern world.

If you want to keep a 100-year-old car on the road, giving it an electric engine makes sense.

By contrast, there are cars that are defined by their engines, and some might argue the 964 is exactly one of those.

Interestingly, Everrati isn’t even the only company creating electric conversions of the 964 911, because there’s another company called Kalmar that does exactly the same.