Porsche wants to own a huge chunk of Croatian electric supercar manufacturer Rimac, and it is willing to go to some pretty great lengths to make that happen. For one thing, Rimac is scheduled to go public next year with a valuation of $6.06 billion. According to a report from Germany's Manager Magazin, the deal won't be straight cash, but a joint …
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Is Porsche finally going to build an electric Boxster?
Porsche has been threatening to build an all-electric two-seat sports car for years, building electrified Boxster and Cayman prototypes on 987 and 981 platforms, but never quite making it to production. After 25 years of the entry-level mid-engine platform, it's possible Porsche is about to tear up the script and rewrite it completely for the next …
Continue to the full articleBritish Firm Everrati Automotive built an electric 964 and it rules
Well, what do we have here? An all-electric 964 generation Porsche 911 turned into an EV? Why yes, it is! Everrati Automotive Limited has turned a '90s classic into a retro-modern machine by swapping out its high-performance aircooled flat six engine for a 53-kWh battery and an electric motor. It's also packed with modern accouterments like the …
Continue to the full articleAn Electric Porsche Macan Is Nearly Here — Packing More Range Than A Taycan
With production rumored to begin next year, Porsche has been on the road to building a new all-electric Macan for a long time by now. This attempt at a world-beating EV crossover is Porsche firing across the bow of the Tesla Model Y and Ford Mustang Mach-E. Jointly developed with Volkswagen, the new Macan will ride on the Premium Platform Electric …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Taps Science Guy To Explain The Taycan Electric Sports Sedan
The charismatic bow tie enthusiast, Bill Nye (science guy), has been inspiring younger generations since, well, since my generation was a younger generation. His interesting delivery style and an uncanny ability to make the science seem both palatable and interesting at the same time is the key to his success. If you need something high tech and …
Continue to the full articlePorsche finally unveils RWD Taycan base model
(Editor's note: Before we acquired FlatSixes.com from the previous owner, editor Bradley Brownell spent some time in the Taycan rear-wheel drive base model for our sister site EV Pulse. He wrote a comprehensive first drive write up of that vehicle, what it's like to charge, and other general details. To read that write-up, please click here. We …
Continue to the full articleA Porsche Taycan Took The EV Cannonball Record Across The Country In Just 44 hours and 26 minutes
The Cannonball Run isn't quite what it used to be. There are so many more people on the roads these days than there were back in the Car & Driver underground hot rodder times that it just isn't safe. And some people have gotten the number so low that to beat it you need to average over 90 miles per hour, which just isn't tenable. Someone is …
Continue to the full articleIf You Want A Daily Driver Porsche, Is It Better To Go Electric Or Hybrid?
When it comes to comfortable Porsche performance for the whole family, do you really need to go all-in on electric and get yourself a Taycan 4S, or would you be better off getting a bigger Panamera wagon with slightly less acceleration but more room to bring stuff along with you? That's the question that Harry Metcalfe posits in this week's episode …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Is On Track To Deliver 20,000 Taycans In 2020
Porsche's first all-electric car has proven to be a sales success already. The German marque can't even build these things as fast as it can sell them. The six-figure Tesla-beater is selling in numbers bigger than any other sports car Porsche currently builds, losing out to only the SUV models in the company's lineup. Despite the challenges of …
Continue to the full articleThis Tesla-Powered 911 Is Shockingly Cool
If you could swap a new modern electric drivetrain into your 911 as a bolt-in 100% reversible operation, would you do it? EV West in southern California is banking on just that with its drop-in Tesla conversion kits offering huge power gains without destroying the car or making it difficult to drive. This is perhaps the best of all worlds as you …
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