Car and Driver: Porsche Working on 911 Plug-in Hybrid, Not a Full EV

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Porsche is working on a plug-in-hybrid version of the next-generation 911, but we’re told that a pure EV hasn’t moved beyond the planning stage. Instead, the only EV in Porsche’s near future is the production version of the Mission E concept the company has already announced it is building.

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The company’s commitment to keeping six-cylinder engines at the heart of the 911 has led to the development of a part-electric powertrain capable of meeting increasingly tough fuel-economy and emissions standards around the world.

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“We are working on different solutions,” Erhard Mössle, engineering boss for the 911 Turbo, Carrera 4, and Targa, told us at the Detroit auto show. “We are developing a pure-electric car like the Mission E, and of course we are discussing plug-in solutions as well for the 911.”

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Indeed, doing more than just discussing, with Mössle confirming that we will almost certainly see a 911 with a plug, but not until the next-generation model arrives around 2020.

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“I think that takes some time to bring to market, with the packaging problems of the car,” he said. “There are a lot of problems to solve before [then].”

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Mössle also admitted that the need to accommodate both the size and the mass of a battery pack is one of the main drivers in the engineering of the next 911. “We are fighting hard,” he said, “especially as we are discussing plug-in hybrids, then there’s the battery weight.”

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However, despite reports elsewhere, Mössle downplayed the notion of a pure-electric 911: “When you saw the Mission E concept, delete two doors and you can imagine how such a car could look. But if that happens it’s very far in the future.”

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Which is auto-industry executive-speak for “probably never.”

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