--- title: "Porsche Unveils First 350-kW Charging Stations for Mission E Electric Car" description: "Electric super-sedans need super electric chargers. (But not necessarily Superchargers.)" date: "2017-07-17" modified: "2017-07-17" authors: - name: "Will Sabel Courtney" job_title: "Contributor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/tech/12532/porsche-unveils-first-350-kw-charging-stations-for-mission-e-electric-car" categories: - "Car Tech" - "News" - "News by Brand" - "Porsche News" tags: - "charger" - "charging stations" - "Electric Cars" - "Electric Vehicle" - "Germany" - "Mission E" - "porsche" --- # Porsche Unveils First 350-kW Charging Stations for Mission E Electric Car ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* If electric cars are ever going to make serious inroads into the new car market, they're going to need places to recharge. Not just rinky-dink 110-volt wall outlets and Level 2 chargers; pure electric vehicles will need serious flow, in order to recharge 300-mile battery packs in reasonable amounts of time. So rather than unleash a slew of super-powerful electric cars on the market without a place to top up, Porsche is building out a network of uber-potent EV chargers theoretically capable of powering up in record time. While the Mission E super-sedan—the carmaker's upcoming fully-electric four-door—is still a little ways away, Porsche has already installed the first couple chargers capable of meeting the car's rapid-charging needs. The two new high-power electric car chargers are found at the company's new Berlin office, which opened last Friday, [according to *Electrek*](). The 800-volt chargers can deliver power at up to 350 kilowatts, according to the carmaker—though it's currently restricted to 50–150 kW, *Electrek* says, as no existing electric cars are capable of guzzling power at the higher wattage. (Indeed, even [Tesla's Superchargers only crank out power at around 120 kW]().) In addition to the extra-juicy outlets, the new facility has a pair of less-powerful Level 2 chargers better suited for Porsche's existing electrified models, such as the Cayenne S E-Hybrid and [the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid](). To help generate the power for those electric cars, the Berlin office also includes an 83-foot tall pylon covered in photovoltaic cells capable of transforming sunlight into 30,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity every year. Using the 800-volt charging system, [Porsche has said the Mission E will be capable of reaching an 80 percent state of charge in 15 minutes](), in part to give the car the track-lapping capability expected of any car bearing the famed badge. Porsche is just one of a number of carmakers and other organizations looking to bring super-powerful electric car chargers to public roadways and parking lots in the near future. [Volkswagen's Dieselgate-rectification campaign known as Electrify America]() is bringing 320-kW chargers to California, for example, while [ChargePoint's Express Plus chargers will be able to spit out electricity at a stunning 400 kW](). ## Author Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [Twitter]()