718 EV Reviews (First Rides) Are Here

[Porschephile13]

It's really unfortunate that the general opinion seems to be, "make it pretend to be an ICE" instead of just letting an EV be an EV. I really hope we will be able to disable the noisemaker/fake gearing and enjoy the EV as an EV.

I have read that the fake noises can be turned off. I hope that's true.

 

[Porschephile13]

Per TheTimes, production version unvail in a few weeks, likely before Holidays:


Some of the articles have Röhrl confirm the weight at around 1700kg and 500-600hp RWD. (AWD could have more hp?)
55:45 weight distribution.
0-62mph feels like low 4s (per CarMagazine - unconfirmed straight line acceleration)

Battery details per TheTimes - 10 modules, 210 cells per modules; reverse T or L shape(?) behind the seats, tottaling 1.1m long and 0.5 m wide:


Suspension details per TheTimes hinting at PAR(?):


Release date per AutoExpress:


Release date per CarMagazine:


Porsche newsroom says it expects a full year of sale in 2028; so likely deliveries start sometime Autumn/Q4 2027.

Soft roof in 2027 and hard roof following later?

They also guess at a price point starting at over £100,000.

I think you have an error here, but maybe I'm reading another site wrong. The A6 e-tron battery has 180 cells, for ~100kwh of total storage (95 usable). I'm thinking the 718 will have 210 cells per _battery,_ or 21 cylindrical cells/module. If the batteries were identical in format, that would give a max range of about 400 miles, which would destroy my back.... LOL. It'll probably be tuned more for power, though, so I'm hoping for more like 300 miles and "peppy" acceleration. Plus, I've read that the architecture borrows from Rivian zonal setup, so that'll make it simpler and less redundant.