Porsche has just made an official announcement
saying that the next-generation Macan SUV will be a fully electric model,
marking the automaker’s first-ever such product for this segment. It will roll
off the assembly line at the start of the next decade.
Until that time, Porsche will work towards launching
the all-electric Taycan, which is expected to arrive at the end of this year,
followed shortly by its Taycan Cross Turismo sibling. Porsche will manufacture the
next-gen Macan at its Leipzig plant, where the German automaker will be able to
produce fully electric vehicles on the existing production line. This is the
very same plant where Porsche first started series production for the Cayenne
SUV back in 2002, with just 259 employees.
Now, the plant produces more than 90,000 Macan units
per year for global markets, and is also responsible for building the Panamera.
Since it became operational back in February of 2000, Porsche has invested more
than 1.3 billion euros (US$ 1.48 billion) to develop its Leipzig factory.
Like the Taycan, the all-new Macan will also feature
800-volt technology, and will be based on the the Porsche PPE architecture
(Premium Platform Electric), which has been developed in collaboration with
Audi.
