Porsche 911 Hybrid debuts this summer
Porsche has been talking about the 911 Hybrid for years, and now its debut is just months away.
While detailing Porsche's financial results for the last fiscal year in Stuttgart on Tuesday, CEO Oliver Blume confirmed that the first members of the updated 911 family of the 992 generation will be unveiled in early summer, and that one of them will have a "high-performance" hybrid powertrain equipped with a "high-performance" hybrid powertrain.
That model is expected to be an updated version of the 911 Turbo S, but Porsche plans to eventually offer hybrid powertrains in most models in the 911 family.
Unlike Porsche's other hybrid models, which are all plug-in hybrids, the 911 Hybrid is expected to be a conventional hybrid, with the electric motor supporting a purely gas engine and used to recover energy during braking. This allows the 911 to omit the heavy battery common to most plug-in hybrids.
Blume has previously stated that the 911 Hybrid will be along the lines of the former 919 Hybrid LMP1 racing car and not a plug-in hybrid like the hypercar 918 Spyder, saying on Tuesday, "Once again, we are deploying technology derived from the motorsports world in On Tuesday, he reiterated, "Once again, we are deploying technology derived from the world of motorsports in a mass-production model.
The first member of the updated 911 family is expected to arrive in the United States as a 2025 model. Prototypes have been spotted over the past few years, including one with a hybrid powertrain.
The prototypes reveal that the updated 911 will also receive a full digital instrument cluster similar to those Porsche has already introduced on other models, in addition to some styling changes. Styling changes include new front and rear fascia designs, improved taillights, and headlights with brighter and more precise matrix LED technology.