My take on this is that the current Cayenne ICE will be kept in production, presumably with significant updates and the new Cayenne model will be EV only. But we'll see later this year I expect.
It was interesting that there was no mention of an electric variant of the 3rd crossover model but there will be ICE/Hybrid/EV versions of the new Cayenne as well as EV 718 models with the new EV Cayenne "in the starting blocks" whatever that means but presumably due quite soon.
Porsche EVs...
Porsche Financial Results 2025
"We are convinced that electric drive is a superior, more efficient technology"
Citation - Porsche Financial Results Intro Statement:
https://investorrelations.porsche.com/en/annual-call-2025
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They also make clear throughout that whilst electric...
I don't charge from the solar panels at all. Any excess solar is sold to the grid for 15p/KW and I charge my car from the grid over night at a cost of 7p/KW.
VW has purchased the Rivian EV Architecture and it will likely show up in products in a few years time. I expect Porsche will be able to adopt it too at some point, maybe in a heavily revised Macan a few years from.
The increase approach angle is why I selected it. Not sure whether I think it looks better or not although the full off road package painted in body colour does look great in the configurator. But everyone has a different view and that's what's so great about this forum.
I think I'd be a customer too if it could stop the frunk button working. Not sure this would be viable though. Maybe a 3d printed plastic cover for that button would work....but then the leather cover wouldn't fit. Problems problems.
That's the key question that we don't seem to know the answer to. From others experience in the previous pages, the answer might be No and the Macan will simply let the 12V battery go flat even though the HV battery has plenty of charge. If this is the case then I might have loads of problems as...
I'm not convinced this problem will be due to Comfort Access - surely this will switch off after a few days of the car being parked up. Certainly my wife's EV (not Porsche) does this and we've left her car for 7 weeks without issue although you do need to use the fob buttons wake it up and...
So does that mean I can use switching to Sports+ mode to heat the battery when out on a long journey and decide to stop for an unplanned break/charging.
The spec for the Chrono plus option in the Porsche configuration tool includes:
"Sport Plus mode with performance-oriented chassis tuning, Porsche Active Aerodynamics (PAA) and temperature control of the battery"
Perhaps this might be referring to better battery cooling and not heating? Or...
I'd missed that you can do this with Chrono Plus optioned - I had thought there was no way to manually initiate battery conditioning on the Macan.
Where does the option to start battery conditioning appear?
Thanks for confirming the sports and sport+ settings can be saved - I thought they could although I already knew the Normal mode setting changes doesn't save.
I've optioned the chrono plus on my Macan 4 primarily for the aesthetic - I think it looks great and the dash a little bare without a clock; the compass option could work too and is a little cheaper.
I'm also hopeful that the extra sports+ setting that comes with chrono plus can be...
Ordered my Macan in mid October, got the Porsche Experience invite early November even though I won't be receiving my car until early April. Will definitely be booking the experience shortly after I get the car.
That's the Standard Equipment list but in the Technical Data section (Macan EV) for the USA it states:
But for the UK Configurator it states:
There are similar differences for the Taycan.
Why has Porsche removed the 11KW charge rate timing from the USA specs?