Porsche Is Scrambling After Realizing Buyers Don’t Want Another EV

Porsche bet big on electrification, assuming demand would keep rising across every segment. But reality is setting in: buyers are growing selective, and enthusiasm for yet another electric model isn’t guaranteed even from a brand as strong as Porsche. Slowing EV adoption, customer pushback, and shifting priorities are forcing Porsche to rethink timelines, strategies, and what performance buyers actually want next.

Porsche Taycan

so… the Taycan. remember when it dropped and everyone was like “finally, an electric Porsche,” and now it’s like… crickets? it’s fast, sure, like brain-melting fast, but I swear it feels cold somehow. around $100k-plus and it doesn’t even rumble. I miss the sound. not even fake noise, just sound. the way it whooshes kinda feels like a washing machine that costs a mortgage.

Macan EV

man I saw one in a dealership and swear it looked like every other blob EV out there. no shade, but it’s just… smooth? forgettable? they say it’s the future but every time I sit in it, I start missing the smell of gas stations. plus thirty-five minutes to charge for sixty percent, bro I don’t even wait that long for pizza. around $80k though, so, fancy boredom.

Cayenne Turbo E-Hybrid

this one’s weird – it’s half-electric but still wants to pretend it’s dangerous. you press the pedal and it goes “remember me?” which, okay, cool. but for like $140,000? eh. I get nervous driving something that expensive and quiet. also the seats… smell fake fancy. like someone sprayed “leather essence.”

911 Carrera (still safe, thank god)

every time Porsche messes around with EVs, the 911 just… smirks in the corner. like “yeah yeah, plug in your stuff, I’ll still be here doing 0–60 in 3 seconds.” sounds like thunder when you start it. you can feel it vibrate in your chest. not cheap, $120k easy, but that’s the thing   it’s alive. EVs feel like screensavers next to it.

Boxster 718 (before it goes electric)

kinda sad thinking this thing’s next on the chopping block. such a simple car, small, loud, smells like burnt brakes and wind. I drove one once, top down, almost cried a little (don’t judge). I heard the next one’s electric and I swear my soul sighed audibly. $70k now, worth every penny just for the noise.

Cayman GT4

this car doesn’t whisper, it screams. like, badly behaved teenager energy. and that’s exactly why people love it. but Porsche’s apparently plotting to make it electric too?? and like, for what. why ruin something pure. $100k for a 2025 GT4 but honestly I’d take a used gas one just to avoid the silence.

Panamera Hybrid

uh, okay, this one’s not bad actually. comfy, absurdly smooth, feels like it wants to apologize every time you accelerate. $110k-ish. I could daily it, not gonna lie. but yeah, it’s part of the trend. more batteries, fewer goosebumps. car doesn’t even idle, it just stares at you until you press something.

911 Dakar

this is Porsche’s “look how cool we still are” car. lifted, rugged, pretends it’s adventurous. and it actually is kinda brilliant, but also hilarious because it’s $225k to “go off-road.” feels like wearing Gucci hiking boots. still, at least it burns fuel. small wins, right?

918 Spyder (ghost of sarcasm past)

they built it before everyone cared about EVs, which is funny because now it feels more relevant than ever. but still it had that V8 roar mixed with battery weirdness, which made sense back then. now? seems tame. plus, $900k if you can even find one. smells like rare money and anxiety.

Mission X (uh oh, here it comes)

their shiny electric hypercar concept thing. looks wild, yeah, but I can already see where this is heading everyone will clap when it launches and then forget about it three months later because silence is boring. no offense but a hypercar should scare you. this one looks like an iPhone on wheels.