Porsche says there will be no electric 911 till earliest 2030

An all-electric Porsche 911 will not be produced before 2030 at the earliest, according to Porsche sports cars Line Director Dr Frank-Steffen Walliser.

"The 911 will be the last Porsche to become electric," he told Autocar, "coming hopefully after my retirement so I`m not responsible any more and no-one can blame me… I will fight to let the 911 keep its gasoline engine."

He also distanced himself from recent speculation that a hybrid version of the 911 was waiting in the wings. "It’s really difficult to do with the 911 and the way it is packaged. We want to keep it as a 2+2, we want to keep decent trunk space and we don’t want to destroy the shape of the 911…