Always interest me that Porsche does not reuse the rear e-motor on the 918 but develop another one for the hybrid cars with less HP. Probably for cost reasons.

Also not sure if there is enough room in the engine compartment to slot in the extra few inches worth of inline e-motor between the engine and transmission. 992 is supposed to have been designed and provisioned for it.

But to me, the most obvious and logical solution to hybridizing 911s will be to keep the rear drivetrain, but take out the centre drive shaft to the front, and use that spot for batteries. Front drive will be electric only, either re-using the 918's 127hp front drive, or go 800V and uses the Taycan's front drivetrain.

Weight increase would of course be a problem. My rough estimate would be ~200kg Battery capacity would be around where the 918 was 6.8kW, there is less volume in the centre tunnel so smaller battery but with newer tech it will likely be  denser.


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