Porsche is accelerating toward a greener future with the arrival of its first electric crossover — a battery-powered Macan that will pack a big battery and output.
The more than 600 hp electric Macan will be the “sportiest model in its segment,” Porsche says.
Software supplier-related issues have delayed the compact luxury crossover by about a year. Production of the electric Macan will begin at a plant in Leipzig, Germany, in early fall 2023, analysts say, with U.S. deliveries expected in the first quarter of 2024.
The Macan EV — the sports car maker’s second all-electric model, after the Taycan — is critical to Porsche’s aims to generate more than 80 percent of new-vehicle sales globally from EVs by 2030.
The combustion engine variant is Porsche’s best-selling U.S. model, accounting for nearly a third of sales in the first nine months.
The dual-motor Macan EV will be the first Porsche model to be launched on Volkswagen Group’s Premium Platform Electric, or PPE, architecture.
Based on European tests, the Macan’s 100-kilowatt-hour battery pack should deliver more than 300 miles of driving range. The battery consists of 12 modules with prismatic cells that contain an 8:1:1 ratio of nickel, cobalt, and manganese.
Like the Taycan electric fastback, the Macan will use 800-volt technology, which can recharge the crossover’s battery from 5 percent to 80 percent in about 25 minutes.
Porsche said the Macan’s two electric motors deliver precise all-wheel control and on-demand torque distribution between the front and rear axles.
