Our photographers encountered the Porsche 718 Cayman EV for the first time, showing that the official unveiling is getting closer

Porsche is close to launching its first electric sports car, but rather than start with the iconic 911, Porsche will initially add battery power to the 718 Boxster and Cayman. A prototype for the electric Cayman has now been spotted for the first time.

While we've had pictures and videos of the electric Boxster for a few years, we finally got our first look at the electric Cayman. Porsche is currently transitioning its lineup to include pure combustion,

The 718 family’s internal combustion-driven models were scheduled to be phased out in summer 2025 and replaced by electric versions of the sports cars, according to the Automotive News Future Product Pipeline. That target is in doubt, according to Automobilwoche.

It leaves the battery-powered Porsche 718 in a strange situation, because once upon a time it was meant to be arriving this year. And these latest pictures, showing a car that looks sort of half Taycan and half 911,

Porsche first introduced us to the idea of an electric 718 with the 2021 Mission R, a concept racecar that hinted at the next Cayman road car. But for the past three years the only 718 EV prototypes spied testing have been Boxster. Today we finally get a look at its Cayman coupe brother.