Needsdecaf

I called it. Not sure which thread it was, but I was right!

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/ele...ll-be-electric

daveo4porsche

wife will be so happy - mmmmm EV Boxster.

groundhog

Looks like I'll be picking up the PDK GT4 RS after all. The whole light-weight RWD chuckable ethos of the Cayman and Boxter blown away.

CarMaven

They may keep the GT4 6 cylinder I'm assuming, since it will sell in relative low numbers to the others.

This info may be premature as well. Let's see if Porsche maintains this stance a few days after this article was published? LOL

manitou202

Outside of the GT4 and the Spyder, the 718 line up is pretty disappointing. Going to the 4-cyl killed this platform. All electric could be the perfect solution to re-energize it (no pun intended). If they keep the electric version in the same price range, it could truly be the first mass produced electric sports cars. The original Tesla roadster and the new one are too low volume and expensive.

Needsdecaf

It has been a rumor for a long time. If high Porsche officials are talking about it at press events....I'm putting some stock in it. Not like this is out of the clear blue sky.

Pokerhobo

You know the original Tesla Roadster weighs less than a Cayman or Boxster?

daveo4porsche

I fail to see what having an EV Boxster does to make it less chuckable - power and short wheel base is what's required there and a low CG - all of those things an EV will have and instant tourque to apply after "the chuck" - seems like a match made in heaven to me done by the right company.

groundhog

Really a 1.7t AWD sports car - sounds nothing like a 1.3t RWD sports car

MaxLTV

Nice! Let's see if my prediction about the 992 911 Turbo S being a hybrid comes true (I said it in 2015 or so). I would not mind a fully electric 911, though.

worf928

Not until the .2 992. That's my prediction...

Drifting

I feel my Tesla Model 3 performance is quite chuckable. It reminds me in some ways of my original Porsche, a 987.2 Boxster S.

It has a shorter wheelbase than my 991.2 GT3, or a Tesla Model s, or Taycan.

Yes it weighs 4,000 lbs, but that’s far less than the 4950 lb Model S or 5100 lb Taycan.

So a smaller car with a shorter wheelbase and 471 ft lbs of torque is very chuckable. I really enjoy that aspect of the car.
I worry Porsche wouldn’t give an electric cayman/Boxster the same amount of power as a Tesla M3P so that people would be forced to choose between major power in the Taycan or chuckable but relatively low power in the electric cayman/Boxster, but it wouldn’t have both like the Tesla Model 3 Performance.

groundhog

^^So you think a 4000lb AWD car will feel the same as a 3000lb RWD car

freqflyer

Allows Porsche to keep the 911 to keep using the ICE motor and give the Cayman a new identity. No need to protect the 911, Porsche can not create a full blown EV sports car.

daveo4porsche

not clear what the weight of a 718 EV would be - if they can get the drive train efficiency up they can lower the battery capacity for weight savings - also i’d consider ultimate range less of and issue for an EV sports car like a boxster - f they can get to like 310 wh/mile (2012 Model S level efficiency) that’s 3.2 mil/kwh - and a 60 kwh battery would be close to 200 mile range - that’s about 2/3 rd of the Taycan battery - so boom you’ve saved that in battery weight already - and smaller car less wire - smaller battery less cooling - 800 v system should be way better here by that time less wire and shorter runs...i’m not convinced the EV 718 has to be 4000 lbs...also weight savings if it’s not AWD...again very acceptable for an EV sports car - that’s even the goal - if porsche can get to model 3/Bolt level efficiency of 250 wh/mile - that’s 4 mi/kwh and they could go to a 50 kwh battery - couple that with some mild improvement is battery energy density - like we are getting with the 2020 Bolt from LG battery improvements which is up to 66 kwh from 60 for same weight/volume - and maybe sub 3750 lbs is straight forward and work to get more

we will “weight” and see - but yeah at their taycan EV efficiency numbers it would be hard to be light and not have nissan leaf like range...which would be a downer.