The world’s first part-electric Porsche 911 is getting close to production, and while the car itself won’t debut until May 28, we have some official materials to look at in the meantime.
The company hasn’t revealed any in-depth specifications,
but assures us that the hybrid 911 was tested on a number of racetracks where
it vastly surpassed its ICE counterpart in performance and actual dynamics. The
pre-production test vehicles have put more than 5,000,000 km behind them as they were driven in all corners of the world. Engineers needed
to ensure they were equally stable for use in freezing cold, in scorching
desert heat, among mountaintops and on chaotic, congested city streets.
Naturally, some Nürburgring tests were
also included in the program. Porsche claims that the 911 Hybrid wearing a
stock set of tires managed to complete the full North Loop in 7 minutes 16.934
seconds – 8.7 seconds faster than its closest ICE-packing 911. It did wear some
optional aerodynamic parts, like a fixed rear wing. There is still no
information regarding these, but we expect them to go on sale alongside the
main car as paid options.
