Would you buy a hybrid 911 (992.2)
05-22-2024, 10:25 PM
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05-23-2024, 03:27 AM
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If this 992.2 Hybrid is an ICE rear wheel drive and EV front wheel drive you can count me out. That combination is IMHO a poor application of the technology in favor of what must be the interference of the bean counters at Porsche.
What I'll call a "Series Hybrid," is where the Electric Motor is placed between the ICE and the Transmission (like what Honda does with it's hybrids), That would be much more efficient and would allow both the ICE and the EV motors to be a power source that could easily be directed, as it is now with just an ICE, to the "best" wheel with either 2WD or 4WD applications.
I thought a lot of the Hype when the new DCT was introduced for the 992, was a Bell Housing, that folks commented on, specifically because it appeared to be designed to accommodate a Series EV Motor.
What I'll call a "Series Hybrid," is where the Electric Motor is placed between the ICE and the Transmission (like what Honda does with it's hybrids), That would be much more efficient and would allow both the ICE and the EV motors to be a power source that could easily be directed, as it is now with just an ICE, to the "best" wheel with either 2WD or 4WD applications.
I thought a lot of the Hype when the new DCT was introduced for the 992, was a Bell Housing, that folks commented on, specifically because it appeared to be designed to accommodate a Series EV Motor.
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