Porsche unveils its Tesla killer

29.05.2020 09:36

Porsche has unveiled its answer to the Tesla - a concept car you'll never need to plug in.

It charges using special conductive tiles the owner simply drives over.

Porsche boasts it has all-wheel drive and all-wheel steering, zero to 100 km/h acceleration in under 3.5 seconds and a charging time of around 15 minutes to reach an 80 per cent charge of electrical energy.

'The concept car combines the unmistakable emotional design of a Porsche with excellent performance and the forward-thinking practicality of the first 800-volt drive system,' it claims as it unveiled the car at the IAA in Frankfurt.

It also says the car will have a radical dashboard boasting 'Instruments intuitively operated by eye-tracking and gesture control, some even via holograms.'

The dashboard displays will even automatically adjusting to the driver's position.

The drive system of the Mission E is taken form the firm's racing cars.

Two permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) – similar to those used in this year's Le Mans victor, the 919 hybrid – accelerate the sports car and recover braking energy.

Together the two motors produce over 600 hp, and they propel the Mission E to a speed of 100 km/h in less than 3.5 seconds and to 200 km/h in under twelve seconds.

The firm boasts this makes the car fit for the circuit race track; its lap time on the Nürburgring Nordschleife is under the eight-minute mark.

However, it still lags behind Elon Musk's latest Tesla.

The firm recently announced a 'Ludicrous Mode' to boost the performance of its Model S P90.

The impressive-sounding feature will allow the sedan to accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 2.8 seconds.

It overtakes the company's previous 'Insane mode' which pushed the Model S' performance to 0 - 60mph in 3.2 second.

Porsche claims the Mission E can travel over 500 km on one battery charge, and it can be charged with enough energy for around 400 km more driving range in about fifteen minutes.

The Porsche uses 800-volt technology for the first time, doubling the voltage – compared to today's electric vehicles that operate at 400 volts.

'This offers multiple advantages: shorter charging times and lower weight, because lighter, smaller gage copper cables are sufficient for energy transport.'

(dailymail.co.uk)