Porsche 911 will never be fully electric

There will be the option of a high-performance plug-in hybrid version, however the 911 will never be fully electric, CEO Oliver Blume told reporters earlier this month.  The 911 will get a high-performance plug-in hybrid version but it will never be fully electrified, CEO Oliver Blume told reporters at the carmaker’s annual results conference here earlier this month. "We are waiting for the further evolution in battery technology so you should not expect a plug-in version in the coming years. It’s currently planned when the 992 is refreshed,” he said. “We launched the 718 Boxster and Cayman in 2016,” Blume said. “We are not yet at the point where we have to decide how things will progress,” Porsche's first full-electric car, the Mission E sedan, will launch next year. The automaker gave a new performance detail, saying its 800-volt electrical architecture will give drivers a 100-km range after just four minutes of battery recharging. Porsche confirmed will build more variants of its Mission E, including one based on the Mission E Cross Turismo unveiled at the Geneva auto show, which is expected in 2021. Porsche also plans to build a network of 400 fast-charging stations in Europe by 2020, as well as offer customers home-charging solutions. It will also develop cordless charging stations that use electromagnetic induction. Long term, parent Volkswagen Group has assigned Porsche the task of developing its third purpose-built electric-vehicle architecture for sports cars and supercars called SPE that may also be used by Audi and Lamborghini that will be developed solely by Porsche.