Porsche Has Built An Electric Cayman, And It Makes The GT4 Look Slow
Before you get excited/angry (depending on your take on electric cars) you should know that this purely battery powered Cayman is not going into production. Dubbed the Cayman E-Volution, it’s strictly a one-off, built for the Porsche-sponsored Electric Vehicle Symposium in Stuttgart, Germany.
Porsche hasn’t given away much in terms of technical details, other than the car’s modest range of 124 miles, and its 0-62mph time of 3.3 seconds. Yes, 3.3 seconds. Over a second faster than the Cayman GT4, and just under a second faster than a PDK 718 Cayman S with the Sport Chrono Pack. Want another comparison? It’s also a tenth faster to 62mph than a 911 GT3.
So if it’s not being put into production, what’s the point? Porsche says the car intends to “give an early indication of just how sporty Porsche believes e-mobility can be,” while also providing “hint of what is to come in 2019” from the Mission E, its first all-electric production car.
The Cayman E-Volution is also hooked up to something rather important: ‘Porsche Turbo Charging’. It’s the Stuttgart firm’s first “accumulator-based fast charging system,” capable of supplying up to 320kW per vehicle. In other words, more than twice what a Tesla Supercharger manages. The plan is to have a network across Europe by 2020 via a joint venture between Porsche, Audi, BMW, Mercedes and Ford.
But going back to the car, what do you think of it? Sacrilegious, or weirdly appealing? Sound off in the comments section below…
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But the gt4 is sexy so
Fun fact: It’s technically possible for manufacturers to simulate the torque curve of an ICE and couple a legit manual gearbox with a motor. Imagine the possibilities
Thats like CVTs which pretend to be double-clutch gearboxes with actual gears.
Feels similar, but in the back of your mind you still think you’re fooling yourself
Nah. The car would be limited to 400bhp, amd we would loose the torque vectoring.
Possible, but absolutely pointless. It makes no sense to artifically make an electric car worse just so that it “feels” like an ICE car.
Interestingly, its the 981 Cayman, not 982.
982 is safe.
F*ck EVs
Anything with cables makes anything else look slow. EVEN OTHER CABLES…
Ok, and what is going to be the point of having an electric 911? It’s just going to cost more for probably similar performance.
All wheel drive, revised suspension, more weight savings, more luxury, more tech.
I think its electrifying
Car guys are angry at Mitsubishi ruining the Evo Name
Porsche:Look at those guys, Fine, let’s take a cayman,Make it full electric,Ruin Tesla with it, Make it Faster than most of our models, Call it an E-Volution(dont forget about the blanc space between the E And the V), And make it a one off series.LOL
Aaaaaahhhhh yeah
Electric is coming up fast. Hope Porsche make more fast EVs (Not necessarily to replace the ICE cars )
Makes it look slow but is actually fast (SLEEPER)