Talked about the all-electric next-generation 718 Boxster and Cayman that are less than two years away from production Porsche is slowly soldiering forward toward a time when the entire lineup features some sort of electrification. That includes a new generation of all-electric 718 variants and a hybrid 911. Now, new quotes from a couple of executives at Porsche shed more light on these important sports cars.
During Rennsport Reunion 7, Michael
Steiner, a Porsche board member told Motortrend that “The 911 will be,
definitely, if at all, the last [Porsche] that will be electrified.” To be
clear, he’s talking about fully electric but we’ll get to that shortly. For
now, Steiner says that the big problem with an all-electric 911 is weight.
Speaking at the same event he said “The 911 should not get too heavy. So this
is the reason we look more for performance-oriented solutions, and we have
other cars for people who would like more electrification. We don’t see the
need to just convert our icon into an electric car that has disadvantages.”
Previous reports suggesting that the 911
hybrid would come online around the middle of the decade appear to be correct
then. We fully expect the first of its kind to follow the same strategy that
Chevrolet has with the Corvette, namely, that it’ll go into a high-performance
trim first. When asked for specifics, Moser said “Maybe two years.” What is
certain is that within two years the new all-electric 718 variants will arrive.
Both are slated for sale as 2025 model-year units. The big question on
everybody’s mind though is what exactly they’ll sound like.
The latest four-cylinder 718 models were
bashed pretty heavily for their soundtrack so we can only imagine what people
will say about electric versions. According to Moser, the team is deep into the
development stage regarding the sound of these new sports cars.
