Don't Expect The All-Electric Porsche 918 Successor To Arrive For A While
It’s looking increasingly likely that the replacement for the Porsche 918 Spyder will have an all-electric powertrain. But don’t worry: you’ll have plenty of time to prepare yourselves - Porsche is waiting for sizeable advancements in technology before developing such a thing.
“A future super-sports is a matter of technology. If we were to do it now, it would be a hybrid. But we have already done that with the 918,” Porsche R&D head Michael Steiner told Autocar. The only trouble is, the batteries currently used in electric cars are too heavy for the kind of hypercar Porsche has in mind.
It’d need to be faster than the 918 at the Nurburgring, which wouldn’t be easy with a car full of bulky batteries compromising the handling. There’s also the problem of how quickly the charge of the batteries would be dispensed on a hot ‘Ring lap - Steiner reckons this could lead to cell damage.
Steiner also suggests that Porsche is comfortable with its hypercars not being released on a “regular cycle,” pointing out the nine year gap between the Carrera GT and 918. “The next one might be even longer,” he added.
With that in mind, it’s looking like McLaren really is going to be the first major manufacturer to cook up an electric hypercar…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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That’s fine. But please stop making another version of 911. We’ve lost count.
The 998 is coming soon…
They do that to raise the money so they can make 918 successor.
Shut up… Angery 911 fanboi in my…
Sooo, while we are waiting for developments in battery technology, how about making a V10 naturally-aspirated supercar?
A new Carrera GT?
I’d pay good money to see that.
You know, like mid-engined, rear wheel drive, good sounding. Something like that car I’ve heard of. I think it’s called the Carrera GT or something like that.
BASED ON A HURACAN
may sound dumb
But huracan the world
And googly eye it too
That would be great, but since Porsche is owned by the VW Group, it would probably end up being another R8/Huracan copypaste.
Psst, Porsche, hear that? Someone’s got a good plan for you!
That would be an amazing result, a 918-based car with a N/A V10!
Or make a hard top version (for the sake of being different), call it the 918 (without the Spyder) and produce a few more Veyron beating eye candies
If you don’t work in a suicide hot line, you should be employed immediately. Just imagining this made me love life.
Solar panels…? Maybe
What about the flat 8 mid engined car between 911 and 918?
(Rumor)
We want da 918rs
Good
aint gonna be much better than the 918 if they dont sort out the weight issue with batteries