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.

Whether the motoring world is ready or not, the electric Porsche Cayman is well on its way to production. In fact, the next-gen Cayman is far enough along on its march toward production that our spy photographers caught sight of a test model without any camouflage.

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.