Porsche has clearly stated that it?s not getting on the fully autonomous bandwagon; the 911 sports car will always have a steering wheel, the automaker recently underscored. But Porsche has embraced another big trend: electrification. A plug-in hybrid 911 is confirmed to be back on the table, spurred by the success of the brand?s Le Mans Prototype hybrid race cars, and the electrification of the fabled sports car might not stop there. 
According to Stefan Weckbach, head of electric-vehicle development at Porsche, the automaker now sees a day when a version of the 911 could go fully electric.
?We will be introducing the next generation of the 911 quite soon, and the new platform will be ready for electrification,? Weckbach said this week at a Geneva auto show roundtable, adding that the automaker hasn?t finalized the exact technology or the timing for a plug-in hybrid 911.
While Porsche is considering going plug-in hybrid, it’s also thinking about applying the full Mission E treatment to its longest-running nameplate, Weckbach explained. ?The same answer is there regarding a fully electric 911,? he said. ?This will take a couple of years to work on that and realize a car that?s within the 911 package, with the racetrack performance, with the weight everybody?s expecting from a 911.?
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