Porsche Really Wants the Mission E to Stomp Tesla

The Tesla Model S has enjoyed a lot of success over the last half-decade, racking up accolades and fervent supporters with every new announcement and development. Like the rest of the world, Porsche has watched closely as support and enthusiasm for electric cars has grown. And as we've seen with the seductive and futuristic Porsche Mission E concept, it thinks it can do better.



How much better, though? A Porsche engineer not working directly on the project tells us that the Mission E will be "something special," and that a crazy amount of work is being done to make sure it's "a true Porsche through and through."



"It'll be something entirely different than any of its competitors, across the board" a Porsche product manager told AUTOMOBILE. "The thing about [Tesla's] Ludicrous mode is that it's a facade. Two launches saps the whole battery. That won't be the case with the Mission E. You'll be able to run it hard, over and over; the battery will not overheat, the power control module will not overheat, and the seats will not suck."

Porsche Really Wants the Mission E to Stomp Tesla