Electrical Macan can have as much as 603 hp and cost to 80 % in lower than 25 minutes
by Chris Chilton
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by Chris Chilton
The Macan EV will probably be considered one of Porsche’s most essential vehicles between now and the tip of the last decade, by which level the automaker needs electrical vehicles to account for 80 % of gross sales.
That push was meant to start out this 12 months, however software program issues meant Porsche was pressured to push again the Macan EV’s launch by 12 months till 2024. So to maintain the anticipation excessive, Porsche is drip-feeding technical particulars and has simply launched a video of the SUV testing in a number of places around the globe.
Although it’s going to look broadly just like the gas-powered Macan that will probably be offered alongside it, the electrical model will journey on the VW Group’s new PPE platform for upmarket EVs that may also discover its approach beneath vehicles just like the Audi Q6 e-tron SUV.
Porsche hasn’t revealed how the decrease finish of the Macan EV vary will look, however we do know that the top-spec bi-motor, all-wheel drive vehicles at launch can have 603 hp (612 PS) and greater than 738 lb-ft (1,000 Nm), with much more excessive fashions prone to observe later. The recent Macans will function a rear-biased 48:52 % weight distribution, rear-axle steering, and a Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus electronically managed rear differential.
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However all fashions will function 800-volt know-how, just like the Taycan, however Porsche says the Macan can cost at a fair sooner (although unspecified) fee than its 270 kW sedan brother. Topping the SUV’s battery up from 5 to 80 % takes lower than 25 minutes, which is definitely slower than the 22.5 minutes wanted for a Taycan, however that has a 93.4 kWh battery and each Macan will get a 100 kWh energy pack.
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Porsche says the speedy fills are right down to financial institution charging, which successfully turns the 800-volt battery into two 400-volt batteries that may be charged in parallel. It additionally claims to have developed an progressive approach of mixing the onboard AC charger, high-voltage heater, and DC converter that saves house, weight, and price.
With not less than a 12 months to attend till Porsche totally unveils the Macan EV, we will count on to listen to loads extra tasty technical particulars within the coming months and to see extra of the prototypes’ disguise being stripped away.
