{"id":103353,"date":"2016-02-01T10:20:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T15:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=103353"},"modified":"2016-02-01T10:20:53","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T15:20:53","slug":"porsche-planning-plenty-of-hybrids-but-no-autonomous-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2016\/02\/porsche-planning-plenty-of-hybrids-but-no-autonomous-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche Planning Plenty of Hybrids \u2013 But No Autonomous Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Porsche 918 Spyder is part of the holy trinity of hybrid super cars and is part of the German's maker's growing line-up of hybrids.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Look for Porsche to offer a hybrid version of all its future models, though it has no intention of adding any autonomous vehicles, said the maker\u2019s new CEO.<\/p>\n

The high-performance subsidiary of Volkswagen AG also plans to bring out an all-new battery-electric sports car, the Mission E, for which it expects to spend more than $1 billion in development and factory set-up costs. Porsche will follow an electrification strategy similar to that of other VW brands.<\/p>\n

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But Porsche\u2019s interest in technology does not extend to self-driving cars, stressed CEO Oliver Blume, in an interview published today by the Westfalen-Blatt newspaper. \u201cAn iPhone belongs in your pocket, not on the road,\u201d said Blume, adding that, \u201cOne wants to drive a Porsche by oneself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Battery power and autonomous vehicles are two of the hot trends in the global auto industry. And Porsche has already begun to electrify its line-up.<\/p>\n

(Porsche introduces new 911 Turbo and Turbo S. For more,\u00a0<\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It offers a plug-in hybrid version of its four-door Panamera model, and is planning to add a similar driveline for its flagship 911 line in 2018. The plug-in version will be capable of driving more than 30 miles per charge, according to the maker.<\/p>\n

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Porsche's Zuffhausen plant in Germany will be the home of the new Mission E.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Porsche also turned to plug-in power for its fastest and most powerful model, the 918 Spyder. And it plans to bring the Mission E to market before the end of the decade. The latter model will deliver more than 600 horsepower yet still be able to travel over 300 miles on a charge, Porsche says.<\/p>\n

Luxury makers, in general, have been putting an emphasis on electric propulsion, in part because of the challenges they face meeting future global emissions and mileage standards without compromising performance. The good news is that electric motors deliver strong off-the-line torque, especially if there\u2019s a big enough battery.<\/p>\n

(<\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for details about what Porsche workers did to secure a new vehicle contract.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sibling brand Audi is adding a wide range of hybrids, plug-ins and pure battery-electric vehicles, including an all-electric SUV it plans to bring to market in 2018. The two brands are expected to share know-how and at least some components.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are, on the one hand, part of a strong company,\u201d noted Blume.<\/p>\n

Eventually, the CEO said, there will be some form of hybrid available for all of Porsche\u2019s models, from the little Cayman sports car to the big Cayenne SUV.<\/p>\n

Blume, who took over Porsche last year after former CEO Matthias Mueller was promoted to head all of Volkswagen, is not as gung-ho about self-driving vehicles. Porsche has \u201cno plans to lead the charge in this area. We’ll leave that to others,” he explained.<\/p>\n

(Porsche\u00a0on a Mission with new battery-electric\u00a0super car. <\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for the story.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Parent Volkswagen AG is racing to develop self-driving vehicle technologies, as are most of its major competitors. Little Tesla recently launched its semi-autonomous AutoPilot system, and Nissan says it expects to have its first fully autonomous technology in production by 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Porsche appears ready to offer a hybrid version of all its future models, but autonomous vehicles aren’t on the list, said officials who believe owners want to actually drive their Porsches. Find out more at TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103353"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=103353"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=103353"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=103353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}