The future is electric — at least, it is if you talk to most automobile manufacturers. Tesla is paving the way, but the big players in the auto industry are not far behind, and Porsche is giving us a quick look at what’s coming down the road with the Mission E. It’s a concept car unveiled here in Frankfurt at head of the 2015 International Motor Show, and it looks every bit the part.
It’s a four-door, four-seat sportscar rather in the mold of the Panamera, but instead of a single gasoline engine situated up front, the car offers a pair of “permanently excited synchronous motors” driving all four wheels. Together, they offer something north of 600 horsepower, supposedly enough to get the (presumably heavy) car to 60mph in less than 3.5 seconds — and to zip the entire thing around the mighty Nurburgring race track in less than eight minutes.
Official Press Release from Porsche
Source: Cnet
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