2019 Porsche Mission E will be priced like Panamera

Official reports have emerged about the imminent arrival of Porsche’s electric car known as the 2019 Porsche Mission E. The vehicle goes on sale in 2019 with a starting tag of $85,000, according to the chairman of Porsche, Oliver Blume. This starting price places the new Porsche Mission E in the same spot as the entry-level Panamera.

The Porsche made a formal revelation of its Mission E concept in September 2015 at the Frankfurt International Motor Show. Back then, the company had promised a range of up to 250 miles in addition to many other innovative features. The vehicle brings an all-electric engine and is reported to occupy a slot between Panamera and 911 in the Porsche cars lineup.
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mre30 - 11/17/2017 11:55:35 AM

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Either the Mission E or the Panamera will become redundant once the Mission E is launched if there are about the same size and the same price.

The Mission E should have been 3-series sized and Macan-priced.

TomM - 11/17/2017 9:24:33 PM

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YOU are again assuming that the market will want either one of the other. AND I will assert that the basic problems with infrastructure will keep evs as suburban cars for decades -

THe problem with URBAN areas where apartment dweller have only on street parking and cannot set up their own charging station - one puts more pressure on a public grid of charging stations that currently simply does not exist. In NYC - the cost of the electricity might actually be less than the cost of the parking space for the charging.

THe Problem with RURAL areas - where distance driving is done is obvious - people are programmed into the ability to "fill it up" in minutes - and that is where HYBRIDS are likely to be more accepted .

qwertyfla1 - 11/17/2017 7:49:31 PM

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And double in price once options are added...

ColMosby - 11/18/2017 10:13:18 AM

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This argument about driving ranges, recharge times are pretty much obsolete, especially when referring to electrics due out over the next several years. Even if (a BIG if) none of the several promising new battery development projects fail to deliver, the current li ion batteries are cheap enough (or WILL be by 2020, that's for sure) and can recharge fast enough for any occasion. The Porsche Mission e has not only demonstrated a sub 15 minute 80% recharge(about 200 miles of driivng range for every ten minutes of charging), but a rumored driving range for at least one Missione e variant, of 500 miles.
The Tesla "roadster" (OK, it's not really a roadster - Elon Musk is an automotive illiterate) will have 650 mile range, presumably only for its "Founder's version ($250,000, in cash, years before the car will ever be delivered). I claim that any driving range of 300 plus miles and recharge times of less than 20 minutes, is perfectly satisfactory for everyone.
Actually, a driving range of 650 miles makes zero economic sense - a lot of money spent for a capability that likely will never even be used. Musk is simply pumping up his car with rather silly and certainly stupid, claims.

SanJoseDriver - 11/19/2017 4:29:00 AM

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Any range above 300 miles is unnecessary for everyday driving for sure, but the new Roadster will probably be taken to the track now and then. At the reveal event, it was doing 1.9s launches for at least 3 hours. I can only imagine how quickly a battery will drain above 150mph. Also, it's a halo car... the point was to show an EV could best an ICE hypercar in pretty much every way (even range). I don't think we will ever see a battery like that on the 3, S, or X. It is a waste of money and adds unnecessary weight. I'm not sure what stupid claims Musk made... he basically said we're doing the crazy battery because we can. In the past he said more than 100KWh batteries would be unnecessary for the Model S, but this is a different use case.