Porsche is going back to combustion

Porsche, like other automakers, is revising its future plans. The company, previously focused on electric cars, has now taken a look at the combustion and hybrid engines. But this redirection is not easy and costly.

For Porsche, this change can cost huge costs. According to the company’s financial forecasts released on February 7, the development and production of combustion and hybrid engines will cost around $ 5 million in year. It is noteworthy that this cost is not only related to the combustion section and also includes battery costs. The reason is that new hybrid cars need the battery.

Porsche has announced that redirecting its production to combustion engines will reduce the company’s profit margin by 5 % to 5 %. However, the German carmaker is predicting sales of between $ 5 billion and $ 5 billion for next year.

Last year, Porsche decided to continue the production of V8 engines for Cayenne and Panamera models until year 2. In an interview with Automotive News Europe, the company’s financial manager Lutz Maske announced that Porsche is more careful to produce hybrid or all -combined versions of cars that were merely electric. Porsche’s financial forecast for year 2 also confirms this approach.

The news comes as Porsche is finalizing the new generation and plans to launch it later this year. This popular sport car, unlike previous generations that use the middle engine, will become an all -electric car. The question, of course, is whether Porsche has a plan to release a petrol version of the car in the future.

On the other hand, the Cayenne electric car has also been delayed, and this has raised doubts about its release in year 6. But in the case of Makan, the best -selling Porsche model, there is a possibility of launching a petrol version sooner than its electric version.