Electric vehicles and top motorsports are not the easiest to combine. Battery limitations will hinder the driving time of electric vehicles, and heat buildup will affect their performance. These problems are difficult to solve, but not impossible to overcome, because Porsche has proven this through the specially manufactured Mission R racing EV. Although it is only a "concept study", it is clearly designed for the global motorsport phase.
Mission R combines a specially designed motor and battery to solve the above racing problems of battery-powered cars. Both engines and batteries are carefully designed to withstand the harsh conditions outside the track. It is said that its motors herald a new generation, being "permanently excited synchronous motors", cooled by oil that flows directly through the stator windings, rather than cooling in pipes running along them.
Porsche Mission R Concept Car
This allows the 671 horsepower output time to be extended for up to 40 minutes in race mode; for short bursts in qualifying mode, it can produce more than 1,073 horses. This kind of power allows the Mission R to reach 60 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds and a top speed of over 186 mph. Although it is about 500 pounds heavier than the 992 GT3, it is "comparable to the performance level of the Porsche 911 GT3," Porsche said.
Mission R is not only really ready for the race on the track. On-board air jacks can lift the car to quickly change tires. If more serious service is required, air technology opens the door for Porsche to remotely troubleshoot the car. If Porsche finds that the drive unit is defective, it can be easily replaced because the Mission R is designed to be modular and the same front and back.
Porsche Mission R Concept Car
Charging stops is no problem, because Mission R’s 900 volt battery can accept up to 350 kilowatts of DC input like Taycan, allowing fast charging from 5% to 80% in 15 minutes-fast enough to track the number of days charged between sessions . The battery is not on the floor, but behind the drive, the layout is called "e-core". Porsche actually limits this 82-kilowatt-hour device to 85% of power to quickly activate regenerative braking, which can restore up to 800 kilowatts of power. Porsche said that, depending on the track, the system can recover more than 50% of the energy consumed for reuse.
Porsche Mission R Concept Car
Considering the name of the Mission R, people can't help but feel that we are looking at a car similar to the Mission E, which debuted as a wild concept before it went into production as a Taycan, surprisingly little changed. Some people, such as those from Road and Track, say it may be a disguised 718 successor because it is the same length as the current Cayman. In addition, their silhouettes are also very similar.
There is also a case where it can be made into a real racing car. Given the prominent position of the battery at the back and the performance roughly equivalent to that of the 911 GT3 Cup, Mission R began to feel like a zero-emission alternative to the 911 Cup car. It may even be suitable for use outside of the Porsche spec series, because it can easily create powerful off-road vehicles or mountain climbing vehicles, and may even have a place in regional sprint series, such as the GT World Challenge European Sprint Cup (although Its current form of competition) is too long for mission R).
We have contacted Porsche to determine whether we will see the Mission R itself race, or whether we will wait for its seemingly inevitable production derivative. We will update when we receive a response.
Porsche Mission R Concept Car
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