According to Automotive News<\/a><\/strong>, Porsche is planning to convert production of the Boxster and Cayman to an all-electric version of the 718 series, based on the Mission R concept, which approximately the size of the 718 Cayman but lower and wider. It produces 671 horsepower in “race mode”, increasing to 1,073 horsepower in \u201cqualifying mode.” Reaching 60 mph takes less than 2.5 seconds and has a top of speed of more than 186 mph. Recharging to 80% takes 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow much of that will make it to an electric 718 in unknown. But the forthcoming EV sports cars will be built at Porsche’s main Zuffenhausen plant in Stuttgart, with production beginning in 2023 alongside the 911, which will be the last Porsche model to be electrified. The move will cost half-billion euros, and is the second to get an EV investment following Porsche\u2019s new Taycan plant, also in Stuttgart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Porsche is planning to have one-third of its lineup electrified by 2025, and two-thirds electrified by 2030. The electric 718 uses the PPE platform co-developed with Audi, and which will also underpin an all-electric Macan, which is expected to roll off the assembly lines in Leipzig at about the same time as the electric 718. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Taycan was Porsche\u2019s second-most popular car in the U.S. in 2021, coming within 624 units of outselling the 911. Both were outsold by the Macan and Cayenne SUVs, however. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Porsche would have been producing BEVs sooner, according to posted reports, but were held up by the corporate cooperation necessary to get the project off the ground. Corporate lethargy has been a big source of frustration within Porsche, something that would change after an IPO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Volkswagen is planning to spin off its Porsche sports car brand, but that isn\u2019t stopping Porsche’s plans for an electrified future. TheDetroitBureau.com investigates what\u2019s brewing in Stuttgart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13752,"featured_media":165824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,5,10,969,9],"tags":[3856,1449,4992,4495],"make":[97,113],"post-state":[],"category_old":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219891"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13752"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219891"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219926,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219891\/revisions\/219926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219891"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=219891"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=219891"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=219891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}