Porsche Mission E – first of a family of all-electric cars

Porsche Mission E concept car
Credit: Porsche/The Express Tribune

Porsche announced its intention to produce an electric car, over a year ago.¹ At the Geneva Motor Show (9rd to 19th March 2017²) , company chairman Oliver Blume expanded on their plans:
● development program (Mission E) is on track to meet its 2018 deadline
● on sale towards the end of 2019³
● 4 seats, 4 doors
● battery under the floor
● over-the-air updates of software
● over-the-air upgrades – e.g. more horsepower
● autonomous driving – Level 4⁴
● over 600 hp (450 kW)
● 500 km (311 mile) electric range
● 15 minutes to 80% charge using Porsche proprietary 800v charging system⁵

● no intention to create an equivalent of the Tesla Supercharger network, despite developing a proprietary 800v charging system⁵

● 0-100 kph (62mph) in less than 3.5sec

● Mission E will be the 1st of a range of fully electric vehicles which will extend beyond 2025, probably including an SUV

With sales planned to begin, “towards the end of 2019”, well over 2 years from now, there is nothing ambitious in this schedule. The only remarkable claims are:

● 800 Volt charging, which Porsche claimed to have available in December 2016⁶

● 500 km range, which production Teslas & existing prototypes can do today⁷ – range is largely a matter of adding battery capacity – not a problem at Porsche prices

Drive – “Porsche to build family of electric cars”
https://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/porsche-to-build-family-of-electric-cars-20170308-gutwjf.html

Wheels – “2017 Geneva Motor Show: Mission E to spawn electric Porsche range”
https://www.wheelsmag.com.au/news/events/1703/mission-e-to-spawn-electric-porsche-range

Autocar – “Porsche Mission E: electric car to have wide range of variants”
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-geneva-motor-show/porsche-mission-e-electric-car-have-wide-range-variants
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¹ HitchHiker’s Guide 2 Tech: “Porsche EV plans confirmed”, https://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2015/12/porsche-ev-plans-confirmed.html

² Geneva International Motor Show: http://www.gims.swiss/en/

³ Autocar: “Porsche Mission E: electric car to have wide range of variants”, https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-geneva-motor-show/porsche-mission-e-electric-car-have-wide-range-variants

⁴ Wikipedia: “Autonomous car”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_car
“Level 4: The automated system can control the vehicle in all but a few environments such as severe weather. The driver must enable the automated system only when it is safe to do so. When enabled, driver attention is not required.”

⁵ Drive: “Porsche to build family of electric cars”,
https://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/porsche-to-build-family-of-electric-cars-20170308-gutwjf.html
"I think this car will have a big potential as it has over 600 hp (450 kW), the range is over 500 km & charging time is 15 minutes for 80 percent charging – it will depend a lot on the electric infrastructure & the charging systems [in different regions] but the car will have a big success." – Porsche Chairman Oliver Blume

⁶ HitchHiker's Guide 2 Tech: “Porsche EV plans confirmed”, https://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2015/12/porsche-ev-plans-confirmed.html

⁷ HitchHiker's Guide 2 Tech: “Lucid Motors claims 400 mile range for its luxury electric car”, https://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2016/12/lucid-motors-claims-400-mile-range-for.html

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