The Porsche Mission X In-Depth

A Brief History Of Electric Performance At Porsche

Porsche, ever since the first 356 rolled out of the factory doors 75 years ago, has always sought to push the boundaries of what is possible in automotive engineering. They were told time and again that placing the engine beyond the back wheels in a sports car would never work, and yet today the 911 is considered to be one of the finest sports cars money can buy. They were told that attaching a turbocharger to the flat six engine from a 911 and sending it racing was a fool’s errand, and yet the Porsche 935 won its class at Le Mans.

Innovation, evolution, the trickle down effect from motorsports, and adapting to the times has always been at the core of Porsche’s engineering excellence. They were at the forefront of the performance hybrid revolution with the 918 Spyder, which formed one piece of the Holy Trinity of Hypercars in the early 2010s. Immediately after, they announced the first Mission concept, cars that are all-electric and were engineering, design, and technology studies for possible future road cars.