Two years after Porsche confirmed the development of a Macan EV , prototypes of the new all-electric SUV are hitting the road for public testing. …
Two years after Porsche confirmed the development of a Macan EV, prototypes of the new all-electric SUV are hitting the road for public testing. The battery-electric Macan is expected to go on sale in 2023, though an updated version of the current Macan will arrive later this year. “It’s the next right step for Porsche,” Michael Steiner, member of the company’s executive board for research and development, told journalists on a call earlier this week. This Macan will be the first vehicle built on Porsche’s new dedicated electric vehicle architecture, called PPE (for Premium Platform Electric), and it will be sold alongside the gas-powered version. The Macan and Macan EV will be “very close” in terms of size, Steiner said, though the two SUVs won’t share common architecture. In fact, Porsche isn’t even sure if the EV will actually wear the Macan name. “We call it internally Macan electric,” Steiner said.
