The photovoltaic pylon will provide enough electricity to power the new Berlin-Adlershof Porsche center, set to open in 2017, as well as allowing visitors to the center to recharge their own electric cars on site for free.
Porsche are ambitious about investing in solar power and electric vehicles. Investment in solar power and photovoltaic electricity demonstrates Porsche’s commitment to electric mobility and conservation of resources, Its first all-electric car would be available by the end of this decade. The vehicle called the Mission E, The project was officially greenlit by the Board of Porsche in December.
Radicaly New Technology
Porsche CEO Oliver Blume stated that Porsche would be investing a ‘good billion euros in the Mission E alone.’ This financial investment will include over 1000 new jobs at the Stuttgart site, new paint and assembly plants, and major expansion to the existing engine and body shops to accommodate the Mission E project line. The Mission E will use ‘radically new technology’ to provide customers with a genuine Porsche experience using only electric power. The Mission E “marks the beginning of a new Porsche era”, and a fully functioning photovoltaic pylon blends seamlessly with that goal. Watch this time lapse video showing the construction. (William Vorsatz)
