Electric Porsche Boxster Concept May Be Around The Corner
Higher-ups at Porsche AG have said that the Boxster may get an EV sibling soon. Reportedly, a concept is being worked on right now.
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Executive Board Member for Development at Porsche, Michael Steiner, said that a Boxster EV concept may be on the horizon for the company. Following the Macan EV news, Porsche seems eager to reveal more of its electric endeavors for the future.
Porsche has talked about electrifying the Boxster previously and has built prototypes to test the concept of an electric sports car, but it isn’t until now that full-scale development of a Boxster EV has been confirmed by Steiner.
Breaking: Porsche Has Confirmed The 2023 Macan EV, Official Pictures Give Us An Inside Look
According to Porsche, the Macan EV will arrive for the 2023 model year and have ‘significantly’ more range than the current Taycan.
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Much speculation has surrounded the anticipated Porsche Macan EV throughout the passing months, but today, Porsche confirmed the rumors. A fully electric version of the Porsche Macan is currently being tested.
The new Macan will sit on a similar 800-volt system that the Porsche Taycan uses, though the German manufacturer claims that the 2023 Macan EV will have more range than its electric sedan sibling.
Tesla And EPA Are Wrong When It Comes To Range, Says Ben Sullins
Mar 04, 2021 at 9:09am ET ++
If you do not remember what
Car And Driver brought up, it was a rule on EPA tests. It determines that some automakers can perform a longer range test to try to present better numbers. Tesla and Audi do that. The issue with such a strategy is that such tests are made to allow customers to compare how vehicles perform under the same conditions. If EPA allows any exception, that concept is broken and you start to compare apples to bananas.
Edmunds made its tests in real-world conditions, focusing on city driving (60 percent), which is more beneficial to electric cars. That’s right the opposite for combustion-engined vehicles: they burn more fuel in the city because of the constant stop-and-go and the fact that the engine is running even when the car is stuck in traffic.
This Review States The VW ID.4 Is Much Better Than The Tesla Model Y
Mar 03, 2021 at 9:49am ET ++ And the Ford Mustang Mach-E is even better to drive.
The newcomer did not achieve that with an amazing performance. With a 0 to 60 mph time of 7.7 seconds in Edmunds’ track test, it is fast, but not Tesla fast. Despite that, Mark Takahashi thinks it is a better choice because of everything else involved.
Edmunds makes quite a comprehensive evaluation of the car, which stands out of most of the other ones for their track tests. You may think that’s just an extra, but the truth is that a VBox and some time on a track tell you a lot about a car. Apart from all the car behavior impressions, it gives you numbers you can compare to the competition.
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