It is however a more expensive proposition…and the return on investment is far from guaranteed.

The working margins are thinner, and the available pool of would-be consumers is narrower due to the unfamiliarity (by and large) with the tech throughout the general car buying population.

So when it came time to pulling the trigger for production on the all-electric Porsche supercar – the Mission E (featuring 300 miles range, 15 minute charges, 0-60 in 3.5 seconds), something had to give at the German automaker's plant in Zuffenhausen.

Part of the concessions to getting the costs down/margins up on the Mission E was employee wages.

Reuters reports that the wages at Zuffenhausen far outstrip those found at other German factories for the Volkswagen Group; most notably those found in the large Leipzig plant, and in Osnabrueck – which is where the Porsche Cayman and Cayenne are built.