2028 Launch for 718 EV

[W1NGE]

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/first-ride-speed-new-porsche-718-boxster-ev

 

[Dabz]

If it doesn't launch until 2028 Porsche will well and truly have missed the boat on this. They need to understand that we're in a similar innovation curve as we had with desktop computers back in the 90s. They can't be track-testing a vehicle in mid-2026 to launch in 2028, by then all the tech will be outdated and superseded.

As it happens, some of the Chinese models arriving in the UK are so impressive that it's already starting to put Porsche EVs as a very expensive historic badge/prestige option.

 

[W1NGE]

My guess is still battery related and waiting on an innovation to come through.

 

[chun]

Porsche's newroom says:

In addition, Porsche will benefit from an expanded product portfolio. This will start with the all-electric 718 Boxster and Cayman models, which are expected to support sales in their first full year of production in 2028.

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/202...day-strategy-sportwagenschmiede-35-43419.html

To me that sounds like 2028 will be the first FULL year of sales of this model.
As in, it could very well sell in 2027, but not all quarters.

So based on that, i would suspect first deliveries to be in Q4 2027.

 

[atebit]

FUDers gonna FUD.

 

[Kakatus10]

If it doesn't launch until 2028 Porsche will well and truly have missed the boat on this. They need to understand that we're in a similar innovation curve as we had with desktop computers back in the 90s. They can't be track-testing a vehicle in mid-2026 to launch in 2028, by then all the tech will be outdated and superseded.

As it happens, some of the Chinese models arriving in the UK are so impressive that it's already starting to put Porsche EVs as a very expensive historic badge/prestige option.

This is a very Tesla-esk mindset with too much tech in cars. Weird to think Porsche would want to compete in that space.

Battery tech, aside from a solid state breakthrough, hasn't and won't improve much just as we've seen in the past decade.

Gravimetric energy density has only increased about 20% in the last decade. It isn't like computers at all. The Taycan is approaching 10 years old and still is one of the faster charging cars. 900V architecture isn't being usurped anytime soon.

Rant aside, I agree they are missing the boat because you have legit alternatives: the A110 EV releasing in the same window for a less compromised sports car or MG Cyberster which competes on value.

Crazy to think I've been waiting for this car since I heard about it 5 years ago.

 

[chun]

This is a very Tesla-esk mindset with too much tech in cars. Weird to think Porsche would want to compete in that space.

Battery tech, aside from a solid state breakthrough, hasn't and won't improve much just as we've seen in the past decade.

Gravimetric energy density has only increased about 20% in the last decade. It isn't like computers at all. The Taycan is approaching 10 years old and still is one of the faster charging cars. 900V architecture isn't being usurped anytime soon.

Rant aside, I agree they are missing the boat because you have legit alternatives: the A110 EV releasing in the same window for a less compromised sports car or MG Cyberster which competes on value.

Crazy to think I've been waiting for this car since I heard about it 5 years ago.

Beg to disagree.

Byd has in Europe their premium brand charging at 1000KW+; at byd flash chargers they peak at 1500kw. They have also already installed a few hundred chargers already.

Alpitronic also offers new charger units that do 600kw and can be updated to do 1000kw (require local battery storage).

We have cars with 70-100kw batteries delivering 400-500mils of range.

All of these are factors of improvement of 2-4x compared to 5 years ago.

USA is not the center of the world, definitely not in terms of battery and auto industry; and outside of USA, the taycan is an antiquity in terms of tech.

In terms of adas, computing, software and motors; all of these have also improved by factors of 2-4x compared to 5 years ago. Motors can deliver 2-3 times the power they used to, and twice the rpm, while maintaining or lowering consumptions. There are EVs with 1500-3000hp for less than 200k.

Battery and EV tech is advancing very fast. Just because porsche has a 6 year development cycle, doesn’t mean that the whole industry does. In China, people are seeing improvements in the tech from one month to another.

@W1NGE maybe correct the title. The car is scheduled for some time in summer / autumn 2027, per multiple articles. 2028 is ment to be the first full year of sales, aka the car being available in all 4 sale quarters - info from porsche newsroom

 

[Kakatus10]

You're conflating component breakthroughs with improvements in production cars.

Charging: A 1,500 kW charger doesn't mean a car charges at 1,500 kW. Actual rates depend on battery chemistry, voltage, temperature and charging curves.

Range: 400–500 miles from a 70–100 kWh battery depends heavily on the test cycle. CLTC figures aren't directly comparable to real range. Tesla has been claiming 300 miles of range for 16 years at 85kwh.

Motors: The 3,000-hp claim may be real as a peak output figure, but it doesn't mean the motor is 2–3x more efficient. They just put stronger motors in EVs. No real breakthrough advancement there. EV motors are already highly efficient, leaving diminishing returns. Peak power and efficiency are entirely different metrics.

My biggest gripe is that EVs aren't computers. Computing benefited from exponential gains in transistor density and performance. Batteries aren't progressing even at a fraction of the rate because they face physical and chemical constraints. IE: Faster charging generates more heat, doubling range requires substantially more energy storage, and motors are already near their practical efficiency ceiling. These technologies can improve, but not on the same exponential curve.

Again my issue is that you're trying to hide the gap by counting individual lab gains that don't make it into a product, or things like an off-site charger that isn't special in any way aside from now they have a business case to make them. Scaling existing technology with good engineering doesn't scream breakthrough and progress.