Saar: It will become the second pure electric model from Porsche after the Taycan goes on sale next year.

Porsche has announced that its second pure electric model has been green-lit to enter production. The model in question is the Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo that wowed the onlookers at the Geneva Motors Show earlier this year. Porsche says that the production of this model will create 300 additional jobs at its main plant in Zuffenhausen, Germany.

Underneath the four-door, Cross Turismo, is the same skeleton that does duty in the Porsche Taycan. Speaking of which, the Taycan is slated to become the first-ever pure-electric model to flaunt the Porsche logo. Before it was officially christened as the Taycan, it was called the Mission E Concept. By that logic, the Mission E Cross Turismo concept should actually carry the name – Taycan Cross Turismo.

What we can tell you is that its all-electric powertrain will remain identical to the Taycan. That means, the Mission E Cross Turismo will feature an 800-volt electrical architecture, which will be more than capable of charging the on-board battery pack at rapid rates. The battery will feed the juices to two permanently synchronous electric motors – one each for the front and rear axles. Porsche claims that the combined power output will be above the 600PS mark. That, along with instant torque that electric motors deliver, should be plenty for the Cross Turismo to hit 100kmph from nought in less than 3.5 seconds and 200kmph in less than 12.

No points for guessing, those figures are exactly the same as the Taycan’s. The expected travel range on a single charge is also the same – 500km (based on the New European Driving Cycle). Porsche says that at maximum charging speeds, the on-board battery pack can replenish 80 per cent of its juices in just 15 minutes. Do that math and in a quarter-of-an-hour, you can drive the Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo for an additional 400km.

The Porsche Taycan is slated to launch in 2019. It, along with the Mission E Cross Turismo, will be built in the same plant at Porsche’s headquarters. Expect Porsche to reveal the production name of the Mission E Cross Turismo in the near future and launch it by 2020. Both models are part of Porsche’s electrification strategy for which it will invest over 6 billion euros by 2022.