Porsche Mission E sedan concept (2015)

Premiere: September 15, 2015 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show

Technical specifications

power	system voltage	0-100 km/h	0-200 km/h	Top speed	kg	lb	range	Nordschleife
440 kW	800V	3.5 sec.	12 sec.	155 mph/250 km/h	2000	4400	310 miles / 500 km	7:59

"Compact electric motors, no combustion engine, no exhaust system, no transmission tunnel. Plenty of opportunities to question and rethink previous forms", Porsche AG.

The 2015 4WD electric concept car is called Mission E, but the 2019 production car based on it is called Taycan.

Who has driven the Tesla Model S, understands that electric performance cars are something very special and Porsche is on the right path with their future family cars. Because of excessive mass, these cars cannot be called sports cars, though. When the Mission E project was unveiled to the public, the system voltage for the Porsche electric car was specified at 800 volts, twice the common in 2015. Charging times depend on the system voltage - the higher the voltage, the quicker the charge.

Porsche Mission E at the charging point — © Porsche

Although the solution on the concept car looks cool, the production car has a rather conventional flap on the right front fender to access the charging socket © Porsche

Air outlets on the sides reduce overpressure in the wheel wells, thereby reducing lift © Porsche

The carbon-fibre wheels are 22" in the rear and 21" up front © Porsche

As can be seen, such rear doors can only be operated electrically© Porsche

The Mission E concept car has the world's first carbon fibre monocoque for a 4 passenger car, called the Weissach Frame. The production car will not have the impractical and dangerous rear-hinged rear doors, though. © Porsche

An eye-tracking system detects, via camera, which instrument the driver is viewing. The driver can then activate the menu of the instrument in focus by pushing a button on the steering wheel and navigate in it – which also involves an interplay of eye-tracking and manual activation. But that is not all: the display follows the seat position and body attitude of the driver in what is known as a parallax effect. If the driver sits lower, higher or leans to one side, the 3D display of the round instruments reacts and moves with the driver. This eliminates situations in which the steering wheel blocks the driver's view of certain key information.

The entire dashboard is full of new ideas. Its division into two three-dimensionally structuring layers reinforces the impression of lightness and clarity. The upper layer integrates the driver's display, and between the levels there is a holographic display that extends far into the passenger's side. It shows individually selectable apps, which are stacked in virtual space and arranged by priority with a three-dimensional effect. The driver – or passenger – can use these apps to touch-free control primary functions such as media, navigation, climate control, contacts and vehicle. The desired symbol is activated by gestures that are detected by sensors. A grasping gesture means select, while pulling means control. Moreover, driver or passenger can use a touch display on the centre console to control secondary functions such as detailed information menus.

Images from the side cameras are reflected in the lower windshield corners© Porsche

Touch-free in-air gesture control © Porsche

Batteries placed under the floor © Porsche

Drive over the base plate (coil embedded in the floor) in your garage and an inductive charging of the battery begins - the energy is transferred without cables to a coil on the car's underbody© Porsche

In order to make the roofline beautifully low at the rear, extra foot space had to be created for the rear passengers - the space can be seen between the underbody lithium-ion battery packs© Porsche

The two permanently excited synchronous motors of the Mission E concept car have passed the test as a Motor Generator Unit (MGU) in the Porsche 919 racing car© Porsche

A film with Michael Mauer (Director, Style Porsche), Mitja Borkert (Director Exterior Design, Style Porsche), Emiel Burki (Exterior Designer, Style Porsche), Ivo van Hulten (Director Interior Design, Style Porsche), Jan Körner (Project Manager, Style Porsche)

The board of Porsche AG gave the green light on December 4, 2015, to develop the Mission E concept car into a production car. On the 70th anniversary of Porsche sports car production, on June 8, 2018, it was announced that the production car is called Porsche Taycan.

Continue to Taycan or to Mission E Cross Turismo concept

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