Boxster And Cayman To Join Porsche EV Push In 2022

Porsche's entry-level 718 sports car twins, the Boxster and Cayman, will reportedly go electric in the early 2020s, but it won't yet mean a phaseout of their combustion-powered twins.

These electric 718s will be built on the Porsche PPE platform, claims Autocar, adding that Porsche chose to re-platform the electric 718s because the current chassis can't accommodate batteries large enough to meet Porsche's goal of 186 miles (300 kilometers) of range. PPE is Porsche's new electric-only architecture and will be used for the Taycan sedan as well as its high-riding Cross Turismo derivative, the electric Macan crossover, and even an Audi product, the E-Tron GT.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 4/23/2019 3:06:59 PM

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Hopefully piped in fake exhaust sounds will be optional like everything else is on a Porsche. They can offer 3 packages, standard, GT and Weissach Edition.

SanJoseDriver - 4/24/2019 12:45:13 AM

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A Boxter EV would be incredibly fun.

Hauerg - 4/24/2019 3:37:54 AM

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300 km?
Really?

SanJoseDriver - 4/26/2019 1:29:08 AM

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Hopefully they are just being really conservative.