It is also scouting partners to develop synthetic “e-fuels” using 100% renewable power sources to comply with increasingly stringent emissions regulations that would eventually prohibit internal combustion engines from the road altogether. That development would help sustain the 70% of Porsche cars made that are still on the road today—the vast majority of which gulp fossil fuels—as well as the millions that will remain in the next 10 to 15 years.
“To stop combustion engines isn’t the right discussion,” Blume says. “We come from both sides [electric mobility and e-fuels] to reduce CO2.”
Meanwhile, the old-fashioned 911 enthusiasts opposed to any tinkering with their favorite toy shouldn’t get too comfortable. The specter of a rumored 911 hybrid, if definitively unconfirmed by Blume, seems clear.
“In the future for the 911, there are good ideas for a special kind of hybrid, a very performance-oriented hybrid, where we use, for example, a 400-volt system for our electric engine,” Blume says. “That’s more or less our idea of how to continue with the 911.”
This article was provided by Bloomberg News.