Porsche has said it won't do another hypercar until
the technology has developed to mark a significant leap forward from the 918
Spyder. With the 918 being a hybrid, it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect its
replacement to be powered by an all-electric drivetrain.
One take at the 918 successor is the 9e1, a study
from French designer Romain Gauvin, who has drawn inspiration from the
inimitable shape of the 911 and applied it to a futuristic electric hypercar
concept.
That includes design cues such as a pair of round
headlights, a gently rounded nose, a long front hood, an upright windscreen and
a rear end sloping down to an enveloping strip of taillights. The muscular rear
haunches also look like a suitable evolution of the 911, and Gauvin has even
gone so far as to envision placing the main battery pack all the way at the
back to preserve the 911's signature position of the engine.
All in all, it's futuristic design is definitely
suitable for a future hypercar. On the other hand, Porsche prefers evolution
rather than revolution, although its designers obviously have more freedom with
hypercars than with the glacially evolving 911.
