Do the Germans have an impressively lengthy phrase for one thing that’s all new, but feels reassuringly acquainted? In the event that they do, that’s how we’d like to explain the brand new all-electric Porsche Macan.
It appears to be like much like the previous Macan on the surface, works quite a bit like the brand new Cayenne on the within, and drives with the equal measures of refinement and enthusiasm that give Porsche SUVs their trademark really feel. Sporty soundtrack apart, the truth that it’s electrical is neither right here nor there.
It isn’t known as the “e-Macan” or the “Macan EV.” It received’t be bought alongside an equivalent petrol model constructed to appease drivers too scared by vary anxiousness to decide to electrical (though the previous mannequin is offered till the tip of 2025 in some markets, together with the UK).
It’s simply the brand new Macan. An electrical Macan that attracts completely zero consideration to the truth that it’s powered by batteries. No inexperienced badging, no cutesy wheels designed to seem like plugs, no lightning bolt icons. Not even a radical inside redesigned to make the driving force really feel like their buy is akin to forging a path right into a courageous new world. It’s only a midsize Porsche SUV that occurs to be electrical. This won’t be an thrilling transfer, however it’s one brimming with quiet confidence.
Revealed in January, priced from $78,800 (£69,800 within the UK), and out there to order now, the brand new Macan goes up towards the upcoming Polestar 4 and the ageing Jaguar I-Tempo. For context, the electrical Macan 4 is $16,000 greater than the earlier base mannequin, or simply $4,300 pricier than the outgoing Macan S, whereas providing related straight-line efficiency.
The electrical Macan Turbo takes Porsche’s smaller SUV into six-figure territory for the primary time, however at $105,300 it prices barely lower than the $109,000 Maserati Grecale Folgore regardless of being faster, extra highly effective, and with a higher vary and quicker charging.
It’ll additionally do battle with the Audi Q6 e-tron, with which it shares its underpinnings. Each vehicles are constructed on the brand new Premium Platform Electrical (PPE) structure, codeveloped by Porsche and Audi. It’s an 800-volt system that permits the Macan’s 100-kWh battery (95 kWh usable) to cost at as much as 270 kW. That’s a bit behind the otherworldly 320 kW most cost fee of the not too long ago facelifted Taycan, however nonetheless means the Macan might be crammed from 10 to 80 % in as little as 21 minutes, Porsche claims.
Cut up Trick Charging
Porsche is aware of such potent public chargers aren’t all the time out there, so the PPE has a trick up its sleeve. Plug the Macan right into a lesser 400-volt charger and a high-voltage change is flicked, successfully splitting the 800-volt battery into two 400-volt packs, letting the automotive cost at as much as 135 kW with no excessive voltage booster.
Plug in at residence and the Macan will refill at as much as 11 kW, and, whereas driving, its regenerative braking system can feed electrical energy again into the battery at as much as 270 kW.
There are at the moment two variations of EV Macan, known as the 4 and the Turbo, with extra to come back later. When you’re aware of electrical vehicles then you definately’ll already know the 4 is the one to get, because it’s cheaper, goes additional, and remains to be extra highly effective than anybody wants a household SUV to be—even one with a Porsche badge on its nostril.
