The drive system of tomorrow. It’s on everyone’s tongue. In everyone’s minds. But, above all, it’s in our hearts. That’s why we’re doing the very best thing we can do: exploring our own direction. And giving the world of electric mobility a boost with Porsche E-Performance. Efficiency, connectivity, adrenaline. Porsche E-Performance is each one of these. And more: more power, of course. This forward-looking drive concept makes our six E-Hybrid models even better performers – and the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid one of the most powerful Panamera models of all time. This is how we set a new standard for series production. And for the future of mobility. Then again, that’s hardly surprising. All the successes and lessons learned in motorsport are incorporated into our development process – like those acquired with the imperious 919 Hybrid, our most technologically mature racing machine and two-time overall winner at Le Mans. The hybrid drive is formed by the optimum combination of combustion engine and electric machine. As soon as it presses you hard back against the driver’s seat, you will feel what Porsche E-Performance means. For your everyday life. For your driving feel. For the future of the sports car.
We’re in motorsport not because we have to be, but because we simply can’t imagine it any other way. It’s where we continually reappraise the E-Performance concept. And scrutinize every idea and every detail on the test bench. It’s the only way to turn promising ideas into reality. The only way to bring power to the road. And the only way to forge the path for the future of all sports cars in series production. That’s exactly what we did with the 919 Hybrid and its innovative hybrid concept.
Its performance in 2015 and 2016 not only brought the FIA World Endurance Manufacturers’ Championship title home to Zuffenhausen for the 13th and 14th time, it also delivered a 17th and 18th overall victory in Le Mans. This principle is transferred to the road by the 918 Spyder. A super sports car that brings with it all the qualities of a thoroughbred race car: performance, efficiency and lightweight construction. So it’s no wonder that, with an impressive lap time of 6:57 minutes, it holds the current record for a road-legal sports car on the Northern Loop of the Nürburgring. It’s even less surprising that we refuse to rest on our laurels. Instead, we continue to work on the future of our sports cars. And we transfer progressive E-Performance technologies into our series production sports cars. Such as a hybrid concept capable of superlative results. Or with the mode switch – for a driving feel similar to that experienced in the cockpit of a race car. Today, we are proud that, with the Porsche E-Hybrid models, we are generating a new reality on the road.
With Porsche E-Performance, we provide our answers. Not some time in the future, but right here and now. Fuel consumption and CO2 emissions have to be reduced globally. We believe that, as a sports car manufacturer, we should start where we can actually change something: in the garage, in the everyday life of our drivers – with an intelligent total concept. The focal point is not the technology, but the driver. No wonder, then, that – for us – Porsche E-Performance is more than just a drive concept alone. It encompasses car, connectivity and energy.