Oliver Blume
The Porsche boss wants to invest 15 billion euros in electromobility over the next five years.
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Berlin The CEO of the German car manufacturer wants to significantly increase the proportion of electric cars. “By the end of the decade, more than 80 percent of our sports cars will be electrically powered – as hybrids or fully electric,” said Oliver Blume from “Bild am Sonntag”. According to internal planning, it should be half by 2025.
Combustion engines with synthetic fuel will only continue to exist in the legendary 911 model. According to the report, Porsche intends to invest a total of 15 billion euros in electric mobility over the next five years.
In an interview with Handelsblatt, Blume recently made similarly ambitious announcements. “In 2025, around 50 percent of the cars we deliver will be electrically powered,” he said almost two weeks ago. The majority of these e-cars delivered should therefore be fully electric sports cars.
Despite the corona pandemic, Porsche increased its electric share by 60 percent last year. In 2021, more than 30,000 examples of the Taycan, the first fully electric Porsche model, could be produced, said Blume at the time. In 2020 there were around 20,000.
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The Volkswagen subsidiary from Stuttgart sold a total of around 272,000 vehicles last year. In the relatively short term, this should turn into 300,000. “Without Corona, we would probably have been able to do this in 2020,” added the Porsche boss.
In addition to electrification, Porsche also wants to promote the use of synthetic fuels in the coming years. The aim is to create a prospect of survival for the sports car icon Porsche 911 – even if internal combustion engines are banned in the future.
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