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Plenty of enthusiasts bristle at the idea of an electric Porsche 911 Turbo, and plenty of others are curious. Either way, this 1983 car is hard to ignore. Bisimoto Engineering replaced the turbocharged flat-six with an AC induction motor that spins to 18,500 rpm, and the car is live on Bring a Trailer with a bid of $83,000 after 12 bids. The auction ends Sunday, November 1, at 12:53 p.m. Eastern.
The Car Underneath
This is a rest-of-world 930 Turbo that was imported to the U.S. from Germany in 1985. In that form it used a 3.3-liter turbocharged flat-six making roughly 300 horsepower. The seller bought it in 2020 and had it rebuilt and converted, with the exterior and suspension work led by Coachwerks Restoration of Victoria, British Columbia.
Coachwerks stripped the body to bare metal, repaired rust on the left front fender and repainted it in the factory shade of Guards Red. It also fitted a vented ducktail decklid, a replacement front spoiler and 9eleven LED headlights. The car rides on 17-inch Braid Fuchs-style wheels, 9 inches wide in front and 11 in back, wrapped in Nitto Motivo tires. Underneath are Von Street coilovers, an Elephant Racing GT3 front suspension kit installed in 2022, a 935 spring plate kit, RSR-style sway bars, Turbo tie rods and a Rennline strut tower brace. The listing says the chassis was reinforced and stiffeners were added during the build.
What Bisimoto Put in It
Bisimoto is the Southern California shop founded by Bisi Ezerioha in 1994. It built its name on high-output Honda and Hyundai projects and has since moved into electric Porsches. If the name sounds familiar, we looked at Bisimoto's all-electric 911 slantnose racer a while back.
The setup in this car uses a liquid-cooled, single-drive AC three-phase induction motor feeding a single-speed transaxle with 9.73:1 gearing and a helical limited-slip differential. Power comes from LG Chem battery packs totaling 32 kWh, managed by an Orion system with failsafes. The car has regenerative braking, drive-by-wire throttle input, a CAN-controlled high-voltage charger, a 1,500-watt DC-to-DC converter and rapid-charging capability, with charging ports behind the license plate and the fuel door. Inside, a Speedhut tachometer carries the 18,500-rpm redline, the seats are black leather sport buckets, and the air conditioning and heating have been removed.
What Is Documented and What Is Claimed
The headline numbers come from the seller: 639 horsepower, about 120 miles of range and a curb weight of 3,007 pounds with a 60/40 weight distribution. Silodrome's coverage of the build lists the same 639-horsepower, 32-kWh, 9.73:1 and 120-mile figures, so they are consistent with what has been published about the car. The listing itself does not point to a dyno sheet, though, so treat the power figure as a builder's claim.
The paper trail is better. The sale includes build records, photos taken during the build appear in the gallery, and the Carfax report shows no accidents and 24 detailed records. The title is a clean Utah one in the seller's name, and the seller is in Salt Lake City. The odometer reads 78k miles, with roughly 800 added since the conversion, though the Carfax's last reported reading is 48,412, so bidders will want to ask about the mileage history. The car was also selected by Meguiar's for display at the 2025 Air|Water Porsche show in Costa Mesa, California.
Why It's Worth Watching
Electric 911s are not new. We have covered a Porsche 912 with a Tesla heart and the Electric GT crate motor for classics, and many conversions lean on kits or donor drive units. This one pairs a purpose-built powertrain from a performance shop with a documented chassis rebuild and a 930 shell that is a collectible in its own right, as in our look at the 930 Turbo slant nose.
The seller says the build was engineered to keep the 930's rear-biased balance and roughly its original weight while adding a large jump in power-to-weight ratio. Whether you see that as heresy or a smart second life for a 930, the car is an unusually well-documented example of the idea. You can see the photos, the bid history and the comments in the original Bring a Trailer listing. The auction ends Sunday, November 1.
