The luxury vehicle producers, Porsche, announced on Tuesday that it is going to transform it’s best selling Macan SUV, into all electric. The company has recently started working on its first electric vehicles, the Taycan and Cross Tourismo, and the electric Macan SUV will be another addition to its electric vehicle lineup.
The company has revealed that the production of the electric Macan SUV will start anytime at the start of the coming decade, and the company is already set to launch its Taycan sedan by the end of this year, and the launch of the Taycan Cross Turismo will follow shortly afterwards, which is also the final production version of the Mission E concept of the company.
Like Porsche’s electric vehicle Taycan, the Macan compact SUV will also feature 800-volt architecture and will be capable of taking charge up to 350 kW. The company has not given any statement on the total distance it would be able to cover when fully charged, but we can get a good idea of its mile range from the Taycan model, which will have a range of 250 miles, after charging in fewer than 20 minutes.
The company has said that the Macan compact will be based on the PPE architecture, and for that Porsche has collaborated with the Audi AG. The company plans to turn most of its vehicles into electric or hybrid models, like its contemporary Tesla, and according to the company, 50 per cent of all new Porsche vehicles may have an electric drive system, by the year 2025.
“Our aim is to take a pioneering role in technology, and for this reason, we will continue to consistently align the company with the mobility of the future,” Porsche CEO Oliver Blume said in a statement.
Porsche is known for its luxury and sports vehicles, and Macan compact crossover is the best-selling vehicle of the company, having been sold 23,500 Macan SUVs in 2018, in the U.S. only. Porsche has plans to invest over $6.9 billion on EVs manufacturing through 2022. The company will manufacture all its electric vehicles at the company’s existing plant in Leipzig, Germany.
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