Will Porsche 911 hybridize from the late 992? About the future Are you in conflict with Porsche CEO vs Mr.911?

Porsche CEO Oliver and Mr.911 Frank have different opinions

I don't understand anymore.

What I don't understand is "what will happen to the hybrid of the new Porsche 911 (992 type)".

In March 2020 alone, two statements from Porsche have been reported through the media.

One is that Mr. 911 said earlier this month, "911 wants to stick to a gasoline engine, 911 is the last model to be electrified among Porsche models."The other day's annual press conferenceAfter that, the CEO said, "The hybrid 992 will be very powerful."

From those two opinions, and what the predecessor Mr. 911 was talking about at that time immediately after the announcement of 992 before, my selfish imagination is now Mr. 911 (the development manager of 911). Frank) and Porsche AG CEO Oliver Blume must be wondering if there is a conflict of opinion about the upcoming 911.

No, this may be completely different from the fact, so I think it's just my own imagination (guess), and I hope that only those who are interested can see it.

First of all, as the background of this story

There is something like that.

Here, I would like to look back on the past remarks and the present remarks, but first of all, immediately after the official announcement of the new Porsche 911 992 in November 2018,Mr. August, Mr. 911 at that time, was talkingIs below.

What the previous "Mr.911" (August Achleitner) was saying:

At this point, even in the media etc., it seems that "Oh, if the Porsche 992 already has space for electric motors, a hybrid version will come out when 992.2 (late 992) is released." I think that it was a general understanding.

But thenThe current Mr. 911 is inauguratedAfter a while, the situation changed.

The new Mr. 911 suddenly made the following remarks to the media in March 2020.

What the new "Mr.911" (Frank-Steffen Walliser) said:

When I saw this statement (early March 2020), I was really worried about writing a blog about this. But I didn't write it after all.

why?

Yes, the reason is, somehow, "This is not a consensus opinion within Porsche, but he (Mr. Frank) is trying to do it, and for that reason, he went out to the game and told the media without permission. Isn't it? "

The word he said was "will fight to let the 911 keep its gasoline engine". Porsche 911 will fight to be a gasoline engine car.

When I see this statement, of course, is it "a fight against the world's movements due to environmental problems" at first? I also thought, but after all this is somehow "I think we are fighting in the company".

I'm sorry this is really my own imagination.

However, Mr. Frank has a career in the motor sports department, and he started as a mechanical engineer.

I think he really has a genuine passion for "Porsche 911 wants to be a gasoline engine car until the very end."

However, Porsche can not easily admit it as a company, so Mr. Oliver, CEO, may have said "911 is a gasoline car until the end" if it is only emotional theory. It's not so easy, so maybe we decided that we had no choice but to hybridize 911 as a company ...? ??

Frank tried to take the initiative against the media that he would not hybridize 911 while he was in the position of Mr. 911, but the CEO dared to deny it immediately. I thought that he said to the media, "We are planning to release a hybrid of Porsche 992."

By the way, this time Oliver Blume was told by the media as follows:

What Porsche AG CEO Oliver Blume said (Confirmed):

As a matter of fact, it is said that "the current battery technology for electric vehicles is still not available for the hybrid version of Porsche 911", so from a technical point of view, the 992 is actually hybridized. I don't even know if it is.

However, since the CEO who is the top of Porsche has declared that "We are planning to release a hybrid of 992, and it will be very powerful", it seems that Porsche will go there for the time being. ..

I hope that Frank will not quit when the second half of 992 is announced. I wonder what will happen.

The media also says, "Somehow the story of Mr. 911 and the story of the CEO are different, but which one should I trust?"

What will happen ...?

Source:
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