Porsche 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman to hybridize

Development of a fully electric vehicle for the 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman

Porsche is said to have started developing a fully electric 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman for 2022, and these two models are two types, "mild hybrid" and "plug-in hybrid". Will be provided with the version.

This is not a rumor, but what Mr. Oliver Blume, the representative of Porsche, said, it is the content (2019.4.23) that I talked to the British car magazine AUTOCAR.

Oliver Blume says

"The 718 prototype is already running on electricity, and a hybrid prototype is in production, but it's not yet decided whether it will be a plug-in hybrid or a hybrid in the future."

Expectations for electric vehicles vary from country to country, so there is a growing need for electric vehicles in China, but not so in Russia.

In addition, infrastructure equipment such as charging stations for electric vehicles may be divided into countries that are ready soon and countries that are not, so there are more models that can be sold in different countries in the future. It seems that you can make a difference.

The hybrid system of the late 992 and the 718 Boxster & Cayman will be different

The hybrid system scheduled to appear from the latter half (992.2) of the new Porsche 911 is based on the "horizontally opposed 6-cylinder gasoline engine", but the hybrid system installed in the new 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman is We are planning to adopt a slightly smaller one, and it will be a high-performance "horizontally opposed 4-cylinder engine" that has been adopted since 2016.

Both the 718 Boxster and the 718 Cayman will integrate a 48-volt disc-type electric motor into an improved version of the existing 7-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox.

Differences between mild hybrids and plug-in hybrids

By the way, the two hybrid systems that Porsche is talking about are:

• Mild hybrid: Not capable of providing an electric-only operating mode, but providing an electrical boost to the petrol engine to improve performance.
• Plug-in hybrid: Although it also provides an electric boost, it can provide pure "electric driving" by being built around a battery with sufficient capacity.

It has become.

Porsche's electric hypercar will appear in 2025

In 2025, in addition to the completely electric car of 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman, it seems that an electric hyper car that will be the spiritual successor of 918 Spider will also appear (* The photo is Boxster's electric car) prototype).

The 918 Spyder's "spiritual" but successor hypercar electric vehicle. What kind of car will it be? ??

Adopt all-solid-state batteries by 2025

Volkswagen Group (Porsche is under its umbrella^^) has a history of acquiring the latest all-solid-state battery technology by investing £ 7.6 billion (about 11 billion yen) in Quantumscape, Inc. of the United States last year.

By 2025 as well, by adopting an all-solid-state battery for Porsche, it will be possible to use the same space as before & without weight increase, and to carry more energy with 25% increase. It will be possible.

I'm hoping that I don't want electric cars and even hybrids ... I haven't been able to adapt to the new world ^^

Rika (911supercars.com)

I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).