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Open doors for innovation: The Porsche NEXT OI Competition is announced at the Slush Conference in Helsinki.

At the Slush start-up conference in Helsinki, Porsche is networking with talents and young companies. The aim is to exchange innovative ideas and inspire one another. Against the background of the general transformation of the automotive industry, the central topics for the sports car manufacturer are electrification, digitalisation and connectivity. Porsche pursues the vision of being the most successful brand for mobility that is exclusive and sporty. To this end, the company is breaking new ground and seeking collaboration with start-ups that bring innovative business models and solutions.

Porsche NEXT OI Competition.

Together with the start-up High Mobility, an open competition for digital development will start in February 2018. There is a demand for applications relating to the vision of the sports car of the future. Developers can use app mock-ups in a protected environment to build their own applications and then present and test them virtually using a vehicle emulator. Infotainment, navigation, parking applications and chassis all play a role here. The competition is open to all interested parties worldwide and is aimed in particular at freelance developers, start-ups and students – but also at internal Porsche developers who are invited to take part outside their own area of responsibility. Further information and access to registration can be found at www.porsche-next-oi-competition.com.

The series version of the electric sports car will arrive at the end of the decade.

Porsche's first purely electrically powered sports car is due to be launched on the market at the end of the decade. Key data: The goal is system performance of 600 hp, acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.5 seconds and a range of more than 500 km. The charging time should be about 15 minutes to recharge 80% of the maximum range.