Porsche is finally entering the electric SUV market.
We’ve seen the Macan EV testing multiple times before but now we have an official teaser image showing the car’s design. The sketch was revealed alongside a concept electric boat which uses the same drivetrain as the Macan EV.
The image highlights plenty of design details we expected to see on the new Macan EV. To the rear there’s a full-width LED light bar and the rounded headlight cluster is similar to the current Macan’s. The profile is more rakish than the ICE Macan, however, giving a more sporting stance.
Along with the latest teaser, Jörg Kerner, Vice President Product Line Macan, spoke on the Macan EV, “With the all-electric Macan we want to provide the sportiest model in its segment.”
To achieve this, the Macan EV will be one of the first cars to sit on the VW Group’s new PPE architecture. Senior engineers from the Macan EV project have said that the adoption of an all-new platform, the Volkswagen Group’s latest PPE setup, will allow the Macan to feature not only trick 800V electrics but also significant chassis tweaks that will “make the Macan feel unmistakably like a Porsche”.
From our latest spy pictures we can see round headlight clusters in typical Porsche fashion with lower fog lights integrated into the side air intakes on the bumper. At the side there’s uncomplicated, smooth surfacing with plastic wheel arches and a charging flap located above the rear wheel.
The roofline slopes down to the boot opening in the typical Macan coupe-SUV style and to the rear we can see an active aerodynamic spoiler. There’s still camouflage on the rear light but expect a lightbar just like the Taycan’s here, we’ll ignore the obviously fake exhaust tips on the bumper.
Underneath the body we’ll see the most advanced iterations yet of Porsche’s Active Suspension Management, with two-valve dampers used for the first time on any of the firm’s cars, electric or combustion-engined. “This allows us a greater spread of settings,” Dominik Hartmann, the car’s chief chassis engineer told us. “You’ll feel a bigger difference between all of the PASM modes.”