Porsche: First kilometers with the electric Macan 🎥
FULLY ELECTRICATED With the second-generation Macan, Porsche is now also going electric. Like the large Taycan, the compact sports SUV with battery and electric motors is also set to provide dynamic driving highlights.
The first well-camouflaged prototypes of the next, purely electrically powered Macan generation completed test drives on the factory premises in Leipzig and the surrounding area as early as mid-2021. These vehicles have now completed around three million test kilometers worldwide under a wide variety of conditions. Before the production version of the electric Macan rolls onto the road next spring, Porsche offered the opportunity to take a ride on a winding handling course on the Leipzig plant's large test site.
450 kW and more than 1000 Nm
The all-electric Macan is based on the Premium Platform Electric (PPE), which was developed together with Audi. Although software problems have led to delays in the market launch, the car will soon be ready to go. The Macan is powered by two permanently excited synchronous motors, which together deliver up to 450 kW (612 hp) and more than 1000 Nm. As the rear-axle electric motor is installed particularly far back, this results in a slightly rear-biased axle load distribution. In conjunction with the dynamic torque distribution of the all-wheel drive and the rear axle steering, this results in very agile handling.
In order to be able to combine a high level of comfort with pronounced sportiness, the new model boasts corresponding suspension qualities. The wheels on the front axle are guided by double wishbones, while a multi-link suspension ensures stability at the rear. For the first time in a Macan, the rear wheels also steer. Torque Vectoring Plus, an electronically controlled transverse lock, is also installed in the top model.
Impressive dynamics
The new Macan feels particularly at home on the handling course. Even when the test driver deliberately and in a controlled manner moves it slightly above the grip limit in bends, it always appears perfectly balanced in terms of driving dynamics. Quick counter-steering movements seem to keep the car safely on course - at a speed that can certainly be described as respectable. Of course, the sprint from a standstill to 100 km/h is also impressive. The 450 kW are optimally transferred to the road with fine slip control.
