Porsche has become the latest car brand to U-turn on its electric car policy, with bosses admitting that they intend to keep building petrol engines for the foreseeable future.

Porsche could introduce engines to its pure EV models The V8 petrol unit will live on into the 2030s Lotus, Bentley and Volvo have all back-tracked on pure EV plans Porsche plans to stick with internal combustion engines for a lot longer than it originally intended,

Porsche is to stick with petrol engines for “much longer” than previously planned as it pulls back from electric cars.

Porsche, long celebrated for its high-performance vehicles, is slowing its shift to an all-electric lineup. The automaker will continue producing internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles for longer than anticipated,