PORSCHE CRANKS UP THE VOLTS: UP TO FOUR FACTORY CARS COMING TO FORMULA E FOR 2026/2027
Porsche is more than just dipping a toe into top-tier electric racing anymore; they’re suiting up, plugging in, and running straight at the future of racing. From the 2026/2027 Formula E season, the reigning Manufacturers’ World Champions plan to field up to four factory-entered cars. And that’s not counting the incoming Porsche customer team, set to hit the grid in Season 13. All in, we’re talking six Porsche 99X Electric machines - the first Porsche assault of the next-generation GEN4 era. These new cars are a warp jump from the previous incarnation. With over 600 kW on tap, GEN4 promises the biggest single performance leap the championship has ever seen.
“Motorsport shapes our brand,” says Thomas Laudenbach, Porsche’s Vice President of Motorsport and the man tasked with steering the brand into its electric future. “Our heritage in traditional motorsport is unique and reflected in every Porsche. In the future, we want to be able to say the same about electric motorsport.”
That’s the mission - electric racing with the same pedigree and punch as Porsche’s Le Mans, Dakar, and F1-era success stories. And Formula E is the arena where that future gets tested.
While F1 is the old-money king and WEC is endurance royalty, Formula E is the electric street-fighting championship. The series runs in the middle of the world’s biggest cities: Tokyo, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Rome, Jakarta, Berlin, Mexico City, Portland - all turned into temporary high-speed electric arenas. The championship has become a proving ground for the EV arms race. Some of the biggest players in global electrification have been or are still involved:
Jaguar TCS Racing – currently one of the strongest teams
Nissan – long-standing pioneers of mass-market EV tech
NEOM McLaren – carrying the McLaren racing legacy into the electric age
Mahindra – early adopter and still deeply invested
Past heavy hitters include Mercedes-EQ, Audi, BMW, and DS Automobiles, all using the series’ early seasons to rapidly evolve their EV tech. With GEN4 arriving, Formula E moves closer to the raw pace and energy efficiency the manufacturers actually want to showcase - faster cars, faster charging, more strategy, more chaos. The playground is getting bigger, sharper, and way more interesting. And Porsche wants more skin in the game. The second Porsche squad will also operate out of the legendary Weissach Development Centre, where everything from the 919 Hybrid to the 911 GT3 R is born. But Porsche doesn’t want this new setup to feel like “Team B”.
Next year marks 75 years of Porsche Motorsport, a heritage built on 911 Cup cars, prototype domination, rally monsters, and more silverware than a royal wedding. Porsche wants the next 75 years to be told with electric chapters too. Formula E is where those stories begin.
Take a look at the YouTube video from almost exactly a year ago when Porsche released the current version of the super-fast electric racecar. The new one will be much the same, but also not: New Porsche 99X Electric Revealed | DPCcars
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