---
title: "The Highest Performance Next-Gen Porsche 911 Could Be a Hybrid"
description: "The new generation of the Porsche 911 sports car will include a hybrid model — and it could be the highest-performance version of the iconic vehicle."
date: "2018-12-02"
modified: "2018-12-02"
authors:
  - name: "Jon Christian"
    job_title: "Executive Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc"
url: "https://futurism.com/highest-performance-porsche-911-hybrid"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "cayenne"
  - "le mans"
  - "panamera"
  - "porsche"
  - "porsche 911"
---

# The Highest Performance Next-Gen Porsche 911 Could Be a Hybrid

![The new generation of the Porsche 911 sports car will include a hybrid model — and it could be the highest-performance version of the iconic vehicle.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/highest-performance-porsche-911-hybrid1.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Porsche\</em\>*

## Emergency Line

The new generation of the Porsche 911 sports car will include a hybrid model, according to *Auto Express —* and it could be the highest-performance version of the iconic vehicle.

"When I am thinking about a hybrid version of the 911 I do not mean like the Panamera or Cayenne," said Porsche product line developer August Achleitner told the magazine, comparing the upcoming model to the prototype Porsche 919 Hybrid, which the company has [used to dominate](<https://www.wired.com/story/porsche-919-hybrid-evo/>) in the storied Le Mans circuit race.

## All That Power

Hybrid automobiles typically use a gas engine to charge up batteries that power an electric drive system. There are numerous advantages, including that hybrid vehicles can recapture energy used to decelerate.

Analyzing Achleitner's remarks, *Jalopnik* [pointed out that](<https://jalopnik.com/the-most-powerful-992-porsche-911-could-be-a-hybrid-re-1830804831>) they could mean that in a few years, the top-performing Porsche 911 could be a hybrid model. If the car is a hit, it could be a watershed moment for high-end hybrid vehicles.

## Porsche Unleashed

That's a big deal, according to *Auto Express*, because the 911 is such a flagship that any change is subject to enormous internal deliberations.

Gearheads will need to wait a few years to get their hands on the hybrid 911, though. *Auto Express* reports that even though the car will start rolling out in 2020, the hybrid version isn't expected until at least 2022.

**READ MORE:** [New Porsche 911 hybrid at least four years away](<https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/porsche/911/105378/new-porsche-911-hybrid-at-least-four-years-away>) \[*Auto Express*\]

***More on Porsche:** [Report Hints Porsche Might Have a Passenger Drone in the Works](<https://futurism.com/porsche-passenger-drone>)*

## Author
I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production.

### Author social links  
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