Porsche mission e concept

Porsche is cooking up an all-electric sports car, and it looks like the kind of concept that could rival Tesla Motors as the king of battery-powered cool.

UPDATE: Porsche has announced that it has begun preparations to make the Concept E a reality, including a €700 million investment. There have been rumours

Porsche Mission E Concept Frankfurt Autoshow 2015

Description A surprise showing at Frankfurt this year, the Mission E Concept is designed as a challenge to the high performance end of the Tesla range of car, with some impressive stats - 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds, 600hp, all wheel drive, and a 310 mile range. Tesla's Model S P90D could handily beat those in its 'Ludicrous' mode, but where Porsche are aiming to excel is in the charging time - an 80% (250 mile) charge in 15 minutes using an 800 volt charging system, as opposed to Tesla's 170…

Tesla who?

Porsche set one of the industry's most aggressive targets for selling plug-in hybrid and full-electric cars, predicting the vehicles will make up as many as half of its deliveries by 2025 in a sign the shift to electrified models is speeding up.

At Porsche, innovative concept cars have always laid the groundwork for the future. The sports car manufacturer is continuing this tradition with this latest concept study. Mission X is a spectacular reinterpretation of a hypercar, with Le Mans-style doors that open upwards to the front and a high-performance, efficient electric powertrain.