What does the future look like for the 986?

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Originally Posted by Silber

Wow, this really sounds like a shoot yourself in the foot move for Porsche. I see very little crossover happening between people that have 100+K to spend, want a Boxster or Cayman, and want an electric car.

Manufacturers are falling over themselves bringing electric cars to market, they don’t seem to really care if the people don’t want them. I guess if they are legislated as mandatory we won’t have a choice, other than to preserve existing internal combustion cars.

Silber

Actually, I'm lookng forward to performance EVs. It will be nice never having to worry about changing the oil and the rest of the routine maintainence on the internal combustion engine, which, BTW, is an over 100-year-old technology. I don't want to be one of those horse-and-buggy people when automobiles were in their infancy.

Yes, the sound of a well-tuned motor is nice, but I won't mind giving it up for all I'd be gaining. The performance of electric motors is much better than IC engines, especially on the low end. There's a reason why locomotives are diesel-electric.

The only thing holding me back right now is charge time. Once they figure out how to get a full charge in around the same time it takes to fill the tank, I'll be all in!