Pascal Wehrlein’s Formula E title-winning Porsche 99X Electric enters museum collection
The car that secured Wehrlein's second championship is now on display at the Porsche Museum, representing the brand's transition from endurance racing to electric single-seaters.
Porsche has added Pascal Wehrlein’s world championship-winning 99X Electric to the permanent collection at its Stuttgart museum. The single-seater, which Wehrlein piloted to secure the 2025/2026 Drivers’ Championship in London on 16 August, is now on public display following its transport from the Porsche Development Centre in Weissach.
Over four seasons competing in Formula E, the 99X Electric delivered six championship titles and stands as the most dominant design of the series’ third generation. Wehrlein, a Porsche factory driver, is one of only two drivers to win the Formula E Drivers’ Championship twice, sharing that distinction with Frenchman Jean-Éric Vergne. He is also the sole German to have claimed a single-seater world title since Nico Rosberg’s 2016 Formula 1 victory with Mercedes-AMG.
From racetrack to road
The arrival at the museum symbolizes a transfer of technology between competition and production. According to Porsche, innovations developed for the 99X now appear in the latest all-electric Porsche model, with direct oil cooling for the rear electric motor being a key example. Both the racing car and that production model can recover energy during braking at up to 600 kW of power, with approximately half of the drive energy in each 99X race coming from brake energy recovery.
The transition from endurance racing to Formula E represented a departure for Porsche Motorsport. When the brand announced its entry to the series in 2017, the company had to build expertise in all-electric sprint racing, a departure from its traditional focus on hybrid sports prototypes competing in multi-hour races. Success arrived with Formula E’s third car generation (GEN3) in 2022/2023, which brought lighter batteries, front-axle brake energy recovery and increased power output.
Competition and development timeline
The first GEN3 title came not from Wehrlein but from Jake Dennis of customer team Andretti Formula E in the 2022/2023 season. Wehrlein secured the Drivers’ Championship the following year after the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team recorded seven wins in the 2023/2024 campaign. Porsche then began testing the further-developed GEN3 Evo variant in parallel, which introduced temporary all-wheel drive capability. In 2024/2025, the improved version delivered both the Manufacturers’ Championship and the Teams’ Championship for Porsche for the first time, according to the company’s announcement.
Museum exhibition and heritage
At the museum, Wehrlein’s championship car wears historic livery inspired by successful Porsche racing vehicles from the 1980s, paying tribute to the brand’s 75-year motorsport history. The Porsche Museum is presenting a special exhibition titled “Raceborn – 75 Years of Porsche Motorsport” until 17 January 2027, marking the anniversary that began in 1951 when the Porsche 356 SL achieved a class victory at Le Mans.
Technical capability
The GEN3 Evo variant on display accelerates from 0–100 km/h in approximately 2.0 seconds and produces 300 kW (408 PS) during normal operation, rising to 350 kW (476 PS) in Attack Mode and qualifying duels. The car weighs 862 kilograms including the driver and measures 5016 millimetres in length. Its 38.5 kWh lithium-ion battery supports ultra-fast charging at up to 600 kW through a CCS system. The regenerative braking system delivers up to 250 kW of electric stopping force at the front axle and up to 350 kW at the rear.
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