Porsche Mission X hyper EV concept revealed, production could happen!

Porsche has unveiled an all-electric hypercar concept with a showroom-ready look.

The Porsche Mission X was unveiled overnight at the brand’s ‘75 years of Porsche sports cars’ exhibition in Germany, with the potential to enter series production.

A spiritual successor to the combustion-only 1985 Porsche 959 and 2003 Carrera GT, and the hybridised 2013 918 Spyder, the Mission X has the potential to beat the Mercedes-AMG One as the fastest production car around the famous test track.

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The Mercedes-AMG One has a 6:30.705 lap time set last year, which is around 26.3 seconds faster than the 718 Spyder’s record set in 2013, and eight seconds quicker than the previous Porsche 911 GT2 RS MR record set in 2021.

If it enters production, Porsche claims the electric Mission X would need to be the fastest road-legal car on the Nürburgring and have a power-to-weight ratio of around one metric horsepower (0.74kW) per kilogram.

This means that Mission X is likely focused on weight reduction, with other electric hypercars, such as the Rimac Nevera, unable to reach that ratio.

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Porsche also claims it would have “significantly more downforce than the current 911 GT3 RS”, and charge twice as fast as the 225kW-limited Taycan Turbo S.

Under the skin, the Mission X has a rear-mounted battery pack of unspecified size, which is expected to feature in the forthcoming all-electric 718 successors, and a 900-volt electric architecture – compared to the Taycan’s 800-volt.

The latest Porsche Mission concept follows the Mission E that previewed the Taycan and the Mission R, which provided our first look at the 718 successors.

Measuring around 4500 millimetres long, 2000mm wide and 1200mm tall, with a wheelbase of around 2730mm , the Mission X is similar in size to the 918 Spyder, with a shorter but wider body.

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It has 20-inch wheels at the front, while the rear features larger 21-inch sets for aerodynamics.

A lightweight glass dome built from carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic sits above the driver and front passenger, while the Le Mans-style doors are similar to the Porsche 917 race car, opening forwards and upwards.

The overall look of the Mission X follows Porsche’s latest design language, with vertical four-point lights, a full-wight rear light strip with illuminated red Porsche lettering.

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It also debuts the brand’s modernised logo, which is destined for the facelifted Panamera later this year.

Inside, it features carbon-fibre shell bucket seats in ‘andalusia brown’, with a unique grey two-tone finish for the driver’s seat. Other parts of the cabin, such as the seat belts, centre console and dashboard, are also finished in brown.

The Mission X’s cabin introduces a ‘multi-purpose controller’ with a record button for the built-in camera, while there’s an available stopwatch module with an analogue and digital display.