The Porsche Cayenne will have an all-electric variant, with a new flagship electric SUV perched above it, Porsche confirmed Monday during its 2022 financial results presentation.
The electric Cayenne will be included in a redesign that marks the model’s fourth generation. Porsche did not discuss a specific launch date, but the company said the next-generation Cayenne will arrive after the launch of the Cayenne model in the middle of the decade. electric sports car 718which will eventually only be available with an electric powertrain.
Porsche also announced that the current third-generation Cayenne will receive major upgrades in calendar year 2023, including three plug-in hybrid variants with greater range. Those could come in the form of 2024 models.
Porsche Cayenne 2023
Also confirmed during the presentation was an electric SUV positioned above the Cayenne and based on the Volkswagen Group’s Scalable Systems Platform (SSP). Porsche will use a model-specific “Sport” version of the SSP for this model.
The new model will offer “powerful performance and autonomous driving functions with typical Porsche flight path,” according to the automaker, along with “a whole new experience inside the vehicle.” This is part of Porsche’s push to move further into the premium market to increase profitability.
Porsche CEO Oliver Blume said in a statement regarding the rationale for a new flagship electric SUV: “We are seeing increasing profits in this segment, especially in China. Country and America.
Prototype Porsche Cayenne 2024
Neither of these projects is entirely news; new SUV project was announced last July, and the Cayenne EV has been on the product map for some time, until the end of the decade.
But this announcement confirms that they are separate products and that it is effectively adding two new electric luxury SUVs on top of the Macan compact SUV. The Electric Macan is built on the new PPE platform shared with Audi and will launch in the first half of 2024.
Porsche aims to make electric vehicles account for 80% of global sales by 2030. Over the past year, the automaker has also argued that it is possible. generate more profitable EV than gasoline cars, to boot.
