The future of Porsche: new EV models, keeping ICE alive, and shaping the future in an upgraded factory

Porsche has some exciting plans lined up for its future, after unveiling new EV models, and revealing it will be ‘sticking with the combustion engine for much longer’.

Porsche was established all the way back in 1931 and is responsible for creating some of the most desirable and iconic cars ever made.

The luxury marque has recently invested around $274 million into its Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen plant. 

And that isn’t the only exciting plan on the horizon. 

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New Porsche EV models

Porsche launched its very first EV model – the Porsche Taycan – in 2019. 

The concept version of the Taycan was the Porsche Mission E, which debuted back in 2015. 

“Mission E represents the future. A possible future. A fascinating future,” Porsche announced at the time.

Porsche has gone on to release several models of the Taycan including the Taycan 4S and the Taycan Turbo S. 

Following the success of the Taycan, in early 2024, the marque unveiled the second-generation Porsche Macan, revealing that it would only be available with an electric powertrain.

Since then, it has been revealed that its Porsche 718 Boxster and Cayman will be going all electric. 

For now, all spec details are being kept strictly under wraps, but it’s thought both models will debut at some point in 2026. 

Alongside these new models, Porsche has confirmed that an all-electric version of the Cayenne is set to land later this year, ahead of the 718 Boxster and Cayman. 

“Following on from the all-electric Cayenne, Porsche will introduce the all-electric sports cars in the 718 segment,” the company said in a press release in March.

Keeping ICE alive

While Porsche hasn’t shied away from electrification, the marque has previously stated that it won’t be leaving behind internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. 

According to Automotive News Europe, Porsche is considering creating hybrid or ICE versions of ‘planned’ EV models. 

“We are currently looking at the possibility of the originally planned all-electric vehicles having a hybrid drive or a combustion engine, Porsche’s Chief Financial Officer Lutz Meschke told the outlet. 

“We are currently in the middle of making conceptual decisions. What is clear is that we are sticking with the combustion engine for much longer.”

The company appeared to confirm that statement in a press release last month. 

“In view of the significantly longer global transition phase towards electric mobility, Porsche is expanding its product portfolio in the coming years to include additional models with combustion engines and plug-in hybrid powertrains,” the carmaker said. 

An upgraded factory

Porsche is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany – the same place it was founded almost 100 years ago.

Stuttgart Zuffenhausen is also home to Porsche’s main factory. 

In 2023, the carmaker announced plans to invest around $274 million (€250m) into the factory to upgrade it ‘for the future’. 

The upgrades would allow Porsche to build both ICE and EVs at the factory according to Porsche executive board member Albrecht Reimold.

“The conversion measures will enable increased efficiency, the highest quality standards, and mixed production of combustion-engine and electric sports cars,” he said. 

“This will see us start a new chapter in sports car production in terms of the smart factory.”

Among the upgrades and updates at the factory included the introduction of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) that would replace the traditional assembly line with a ‘Flexiline’, which – as the name suggests – gives more flexibility and allows the production of vehicles with both combustion engines and electric powertrains to be done on a single line.

All of which sounds like the ideal set-up for Porsche given what it has said about its upcoming model lineups.

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