It is coming 2019: Mission E

[Qmulus]

It will be interesting to see what Porsche does. I personally I like the idea of electric cars as one would suit all my needs 99+% of the time. That <1% is when I need to travel long distances in a day, or travel to somewhere where overnight charging might be an issue, like camping. I can't say that I see electric cars as driving "enthusiast" cars, but perhaps Porsche can change that. To me, I like the sound, especially of the flat six in the Boxster, as well as an engine torque curve that increases with RPM, which is quite the opposite of electric motors. Everyone that I know that has driven an electric car has been very impressed, including a couple of friends who are old American muscle car fanatics. One of them bought a Bolt for his wife and it shares the garage with a 800whp twin turbo Corvette and a tweaked Audi S4.

I don't get the concerns people have with charging times. The ONLY time that I might care about that is on a long trip, which is very rare, where I would want to charge during the trip. Then you would have to wait a half hour every four to five hours. Normally, I would just do my trips during the day and plug in at home every night, just like I do with my cell phone. I think the mistake people make is thinking that you drive an electric car until it is discharged all the way, then recharge, like you would with a gas car. Charging at home is so easy that you can always top off. Of course if you live in a city and park on the street, I could see issues, but for most people I think an electric car would suit all their needs.

I say keep an open mind on electrics. There are many people that have been great critics until they actually used one, then ended up eating their words. I would love to have a Tesla Model S P100D in the garage next to my Boxster and Jeep Grand Cherokee (Hemi powered). They would all have their place.

[TripleTrophy]

Personally, I can see an electric car in my future, for city driving. My Macan sucks great gobs of gas in stop and go driving, and the manual Boxster is a pain in the left knee in that kind of traffic. However, I am fortunate that a) I have a house and b) my garage is already wired for 40A 230V (welding hobby).

I attended a talk on the electrical system (Ontario, with some focus on Toronto), and the grid is a major issue. Evidently the system in Toronto can handle about three electric vehicles per sub transformer, before they need to upgrade the transformers and grid. Humans being humans do not charge overnight, they charge when they get home from work, during peak demand time, in case they want to go out at night. Then I consider the mass number of condos and apartment buildings (Toronto and vicinity probably have more than most areas) that do not have charging stations in the garage. For a 200 unit building (not all that uncommon) it would probably run $5,000 per charging station, plus a transformer upgrade, so say $1-1.5MM to provide charging for everyone in the building. I wonder who will pick those costs up? Areas with street only parking are another issue. Public charging is probably a convenience for when you are out and about, but for daily/weekly charging they would become an inconvenience fairly quickly.

I am curious to see how the Mission E turns out though.