Porsche has been rather vocal about their sustainable mobility plans and are taking aggressive steps in that direction with future products. The company is already ready with their first pure electric sports car namely the Taycan which is set to launch in global markets by the end of 2019 and now the company has announced that the next generation Porsche Macan will be their first pure electric SUV.
The Macan has won accolades for its design and pure performance pedigree across the globe and as Porsche moves towards electromobility, the Macan will carry these same traits forward, albeit in a pure electric form. The e-Macan will roll off the assembly line in early 2020 from the company’s Leipzig facility. Incidentally, this facility is being scaled up to cater to the manufacturing and assembly of Porsche’s all electric product range.
The electric Macan will come powered by Porsche’s next generation 800-volt technology and will be built on the company’s PPE architecture (Premium Platform Electric). The focus on performance and range combined with a premium and sporty drive appeal are the pillars that the next generation Macan will carry. This platform has been developed in collaboration with Audi AG and will be used by the later as well for their electric products. After all, both Porsche and Audi are part of the Volkswagen Group and shared resources help achieve economies of scale.
By 2022, Porsche is expected to invest more than 6 billion euros in electric mobility and by the year 2025 the company is looking at having 50 percent of all new Porsche vehicles to come with an electric drive system. Clearly the Macan and Taycan are just the beginning of an exciting new time to come from one of the world’s premium sports vehicle manufacturers.