- Porsche offers gas and hybrid drive lines in all segments well into the next decade
- Porsche evaluates a new SUV with gas and hybrid drive lines for the Macan segment
- The new SUV will be considered for the start at the end of the decade
It was not long since Porsche aimed at 80% of sales on electric vehicles. However, the slowdown of the demand for battery -operated vehicles last year prompted the car manufacturer to give up this goal.
At the end of last year, Porsche said that it would continue to sell “far into the next decade”. And on Wednesday the car manufacturer said it would offer Gas and hybrid drive train About all of his segments.
This statement is important because Porsche is now developing new gas and hybrid models for the compact SUV segment. Where the Macan is sitting. Originally, the car manufacturer had planned to bring the segment only to EV-NUR-EV.
Porsche also made it clear that the current gas-powered Macan will not update it, as it intends that the Cayenne will start an electric cayenne next year. In addition, despite the recent rumors, the company does not add any gas engines to the electric Macan. The current Gas -Macan is to end production in 2026, whereupon the Macan type is used for EVS exclusively for EVS, Porsche has confirmed. Instead, the car manufacturer said Evaluation of a new SUV In the Macan segment with gas and hybrid drive lines that aim for the start at the end of the decade.
2024 Porsche Macan Electric Turbo
Rumors indicate that the new SUV could be developed on a version of the Volkswagen Group Premium platform -burning (PPC)which underpins the latest Audi Q5. This step would not be unusual for Porsche, since the original Macan was developed at that time on a common platform with the Q5.
The electric Macan started delivery last autumn and reached 18,278 units by the end of 2024. The gas-powered Macan deliveries amounted to 64,517 units for the entire year. The combined a total of 82,795 units marked with A with A 5% decline compared to the result of 2023.
In the sports car segment, Porsche confirmed that the next generation 718 is completely electrical but did not state whether gas and hybrid alternatives are planned. This indicates that the 911 may be the only gas and hybrid-applicable range of Porsche in the sports car segment as soon as the current gas-powered 718 ends production.
