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Are you browsing the web in search of a German humor sample? Look no further than the faux tailpipes of the Porsche Mission E prototype, which can now be seen in the first spyshots of the EV.
It's been quite a while since Zuffenhausen introduced the Mission E concept (the machine bowed at the 2015 Motor Show), with this prototype having been spotted in the proximity of the automaker's Weissach facility.
Given the inevitable controversy surrounding a melange that involves the Porsche badge and an all-electric powertrain, you can expect the Germans to throw plenty of incentives into the mix and it all starts with the styling.
For the sake of comparison, we've added a set of Mission E Concept pics to the spyshot gallery above. These images were snapped late last month, when the automaker held a private presentation for the concept over in Norway, which is an extremely electric-friendly market (the images arrived via a Norwegian Facebook group).
Returning to the prototype we have here, this seems to retain plenty of the concept car's appealing design moves.
Porsche's CEO has recently confirmed that the Mission E will kick off at around $86,000. However, given the German automaker's uber-complex model lineup, you can expect the electron juice sipper to be offered in multiple versions.
While we're expecting Porsche to drop all sorts of go-fast incarnations of the Mission E, so far the company has only mentioned that the car will offer a driving range of 310 miles (500 km).
This should be the NEDC (New European Driving Cycle) rating, which means that the EPA rating will sit slightly lower.
It's obvious that Porsche can't ignore the Tesla Model S and, given the relentless performance updates of the Palo Alto sedan, it will be interesting to see how the German engineers plan to fight the American EV.
For one thing, the Mission E will introduce an 800V system, while today's EVs pack 400V hardware. The carmaker explains that the new technology brings benefits such as weight reduction and shorter charging times. Of course, the transformation requires the deployment a charging infrastructure that can support it. And Porsche has recently started installing 800-volt charging stations.
The Porsche Mission E is scheduled to hit the market in 2019, so we'll get plenty of chances to get under the skin of this electric uber-eel.
Given the inevitable controversy surrounding a melange that involves the Porsche badge and an all-electric powertrain, you can expect the Germans to throw plenty of incentives into the mix and it all starts with the styling.
For the sake of comparison, we've added a set of Mission E Concept pics to the spyshot gallery above. These images were snapped late last month, when the automaker held a private presentation for the concept over in Norway, which is an extremely electric-friendly market (the images arrived via a Norwegian Facebook group).
Returning to the prototype we have here, this seems to retain plenty of the concept car's appealing design moves.
Porsche's CEO has recently confirmed that the Mission E will kick off at around $86,000. However, given the German automaker's uber-complex model lineup, you can expect the electron juice sipper to be offered in multiple versions.
While we're expecting Porsche to drop all sorts of go-fast incarnations of the Mission E, so far the company has only mentioned that the car will offer a driving range of 310 miles (500 km).
This should be the NEDC (New European Driving Cycle) rating, which means that the EPA rating will sit slightly lower.
It's obvious that Porsche can't ignore the Tesla Model S and, given the relentless performance updates of the Palo Alto sedan, it will be interesting to see how the German engineers plan to fight the American EV.
For one thing, the Mission E will introduce an 800V system, while today's EVs pack 400V hardware. The carmaker explains that the new technology brings benefits such as weight reduction and shorter charging times. Of course, the transformation requires the deployment a charging infrastructure that can support it. And Porsche has recently started installing 800-volt charging stations.
The Porsche Mission E is scheduled to hit the market in 2019, so we'll get plenty of chances to get under the skin of this electric uber-eel.
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