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The 2020 Geneva auto show is underway, and a new generation of 911 Turbo S was officially launched yesterday. We were shocked by the 650 horsepower 3.8t gasoline. At the same time, Porsche announced at the conference that it would realize the electrification of half of its products by 2025. As the most classic model of Porsche, can 911 "survive"? A few days ago, overseas media reported that Porsche would not "start" the 911 model in 2030. The news comes from Frank Steffen walliser, the sports director of Porsche, who said that he would strive to ensure that the 911 is the last model of Porsche to be electrified. In addition to considering the status of classic models and ensuring the "purity of gasoline" and other factors, the 2 + 2-seat body form of the 911 itself is also a great challenge to the electrification. From this point of view, the probability of people seeing pure electric 911 in 992 should be small. In a short time, you won't even find "911 new energy" in the car house. Because Frank Steffen walliser also said that the hybrid 911 will not be launched in a short period of time. The reason is also because of the body structure design of the current 911. If the hybrid 911 needs to be launched, he thinks that it may be a better choice to realize electrification through the new body design of the next generation of 911 models, which means that the hybrid 911 may wait until 2026. "Koniseg gemera" from the current layout of plug-in hybrid models of Volkswagen Group, we still have reason to agree with the hypothesis that 911 may launch hybrid 911 in the 992 era. For example, the first 911 Turbo S is equipped with a 10 piston facing brake. Is this preparation for a heavier plug-in 911? After all, there is a limit to the power of squeezing gasoline. Considering the service life of the engine and other issues, adding batteries and motors to the gasoline engine is the fastest way to improve the power, which we have demonstrated for a long time. For example, the newly released koniseg gemera, with the maximum power of 1700 HP, the gasoline engine only accounts for 600 HP, so electrification seems to be a super fast track to the next stage, so when will 911 go on this road? Everything is still unknown.