Porsche Centre North Toronto is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated launch of the new all-electric Macan, with the first deliveries available in Canada during the end of 2024.
The thrilling new all-electric Porsche Macan is now available for pre-order from Porsche Centre North Toronto.
We welcome you to contact one of our Sales Executives for more information.
Canadian pricing for the Macan 4 starts at $99,300 while the Macan Turbo begins at $125,300.
The new all-electric Macan was revealed in spectacular fashion with an event livestreamed globally from Singapore on January 25, 2024. Livestream recording can be watched here
The all-electric Macan EV is a completely new development being produced at the Porsche Plant Leipzig. Porsche engineers spared no expense during its engineering and testing process. However, like internal combustion engine Macan, the all-electric Macan EV boasts a sporty SUV architecture, advanced features, and the performance characteristic of Porsche.
“Our aim is to offer the sportiest model in its segment with the all-electric Macan,” says Jörg Kerner, Vice President Product Line Macan.
The electric motors draw their energy from a lithium-ion battery in the underbody, with a gross capacity of 100 kWh, of which up to 95 kWh can be actively used. The HV battery is a central component of the newly developed Premium Platform Electric (PPE) with 800-volt architecture, used by Porsche for the first time in the new Macan.
Regenerative braking allows up to 240 kW of power to be recuperated via the electric motors while driving. The Integrated Power Box also contributes to the efficiency of the new Macan models, while also saving weight and space. The innovative and compact IPB combines three components – the on-board AC charger, the high-voltage heater and the DC/DC converter.
The numbers alone indicate top-class E-Performance: In combination with Launch Control, the all-electric Macan 4 produces up to 300 kW (402 hp) of overboost power, while the all-electric Macan Turbo generates up to 470 kW (630 hp).
A maximum torque of 479 and 833 lb-ft, respectively. This guarantees excellent driving performance. The Macan 4 accelerates from a standstill to 100 km/h in 5.2 seconds, while the all-electric Macan Turbo takes just 3.3 seconds. The two models achieve top speeds of 220 and 260 km/h, respectively.
The all-electric Macan 4 has a range up to 613km and the all-electric Macan Turbo has a range up to 591km.
Porsche combines its design DNA with optimized aerodynamics. Thanks to the Porsche Active Aerodynamics (PAA) with active and passive elements and a drag coefficient of 0.25, the new Macan EV is one of the most streamlined SUVs on the market.
The PAA system includes the adaptive rear spoiler, active cooling flaps on the front air intakes and flexible covers on the fully sealed underbody. Air curtains below the headlight module and the low-slung front end optimize the air flow. At the rear, lateral tear-off edges and the louvered diffuser ensure aerodynamic efficiency.
The Macan is equipped with the latest-generation display and operating concept with up to three screens, including the free-standing 12.6-inch, curved-design instrument cluster and the 10.9-inch central display.
For the first time, the passenger can also view information, adjust settings on the infotainment system or stream video content while the car is being driven via their own optional 10.9-inch screen.
For the first time, the Porsche Driver Experience also includes a head-up display with augmented reality technology. Virtual elements such as navigation arrows are visually integrated seamlessly into the real world. The image appears to the driver at a distance of 10 metres and corresponds to the size of an 87-inch display.
Porsche Centre North Toronto is proud to have established itself as a preferred destination for electric vehicle owners here in Toronto.
Our North Toronto store is the only Ontario Porsche dealer certified to perform high voltage repairs. To ensure the stringent safety and technical requirements of this work are met, PCNT’s Service department includes a separate, climate-controlled workshop dedicated to HV battery repair.
Our exceptionally skilled High Voltage Expert technicians are ready to support you with your vehicle’s maintenance requirements, and our team of Porsche Pros are available to guide you through every feature your all-electric Porsche is equipped with.
The switch from an internal combustion engine to an all-electric powertrain in the Macan posed a challenge for the Style Porsche team while offering new possibilities.
“The new Macan is the first model that we are electrifying from an existing, established product identity,” says the Vice President Style Porsche. In his view, “every new sports car has to be very clearly recognisable as part of the Porsche product family and the model in question, but also has to be perceived as ‘the new one’”. Mauer believes that this visual consistency is critical for the Porsche brand. Striking the right balance between “quintessentially Porsche” and “innovative” is a tricky proposition at times, admits the designer.
With Porsche design principles, on a brand level we have developed a set of guidelines that help us keep our designs in line with our strategic objectives in the course of our daily work. For Porsche, we have defined three key concepts that describe the character of the brand: Focus, Tension and Purpose. In essence, you could say that these key terms describe what distinguishes a Porsche product – what makes it a ‘quintessentially Porsche’ experience for customers.
The emergence of these concepts – or more precisely their definition – was almost more important than the terms themselves. The task of precisely articulating these three concepts is much more complex than it sounds.
Read more of this insightful Q&A with Michael Mauer here.
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Porsche is picking up speed on electromobility. Thanks to a clearly defined roadmap, by 2025 more than half of all new Porsche cars sold are expected to be electrified – either fully or as plug-in hybrids. By 2030, the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer’s target is for more than 80 per cent of its new car deliveries to be fully electric models. Premium Platform Electric (PPE) is just one of the tools the company is deploying to fulfill this ambition.
With PPE, Porsche and Audi have together developed an architecture for all-electric cars with which the benefits of a purely electric platform can be enjoyed in many ways – in terms of package and spaciousness, for example. At the same time, the architecture offers so much room for manoeuvre in the wheelbase, track width and ground clearance that it can be used to realise a variety of models – including in different segments, which simultaneously allows the flexibility for Porsche models to retain their strong, independent character.
The first Porsche based on the PPE will be the all-electric Macan. With its 800-volt architecture, the powerful electric motor of the latest generation, and state-of-the-art battery and charge management, this model offers the E-Performance that is characteristic of Porsche. The successor to the successful compact SUV will be the sportiest model in its segment. Along with reproducible best-in-class performance values, the development targets include long-range capability and high-performance fast charging.
For the top variants, the engineers are creating a dynamic, sporty driving experience with fully variable electronically controlled rear differential and what is known as a Performance rear axle. Added to this is a powerful electric motor positioned behind the rear axle. This enables a rear-dominant all-wheel application across a wide spectrum. In combination with the dynamic torque distribution in the all-wheel drive, it also supports high agility when accelerating out of corners.
The PPE enables a wide range of models with rear- and all-wheel drive and various performance levels. The system output will initially go up to around 450 kW, with a maximum torque of more than 1,000 Nm.
As with the Taycan, Porsche is deploying the 800-volt technology for the next Macan generation. This ensures consistent high performance, significantly reduces the charging time, and lowers the weight of the high-voltage cables and the space required for them. A further common feature are the permanently excited synchronous electric motors (PSM) with hairpin winding used by Porsche. In this design, the rotor of the AC motor is fitted with permanent magnets that generate a permanent magnetic field in the motor. In comparison to asynchronous motors (ASM), PSMs offer higher power and torque densities, greater efficiency and better reproducibility of the power output.
All electric Macan models have a lithium-ion battery in the underbody with a total capacity of about 100 kWh. This sizing is based on the Porsche philosophy. When looking at how to balance range, performance and sustainability, the company focuses on travel time. High-performance battery and charging technology is key here.
The battery in the future all-electric compact SUV from Porsche consists of 12 modules with prismatic cells. The mixing ratio of nickel, cobalt and manganese is 8:1:1, and the battery achieves a higher energy density. Thanks to 800-volt technology, the first PPE model series from Porsche will be charged with an even higher charging capacity than the 270 kW of the Taycan. At a suitably powerful fast-charging station the battery charge level can be increased from 10% to 80% in approximately 21 minutes.
If the station is using 400-volt technology, the all-electric Macan uses ‘bank charging’ for the first time, whereby corresponding high-voltage switches (gates) are automatically switched in the battery before the actual charging process begins.
This effectively splits the 800-volt battery into two batteries, with a nominal voltage of 400 volts each, that can be charged in parallel on one 400-volt charging station without an additional HV booster. If necessary, the states of charge of the two battery halves are first aligned before they are charged together.
The way the electronic components are packaged is also innovative: Porsche has applied for a patent for its Integrated Power Box which, in addition to the cables required and the weight, has also reduced the costs. The box saves space by combining three components – the on-board AC charger, the high-voltage heater and the DC/DC converter.
The all-electric Macan will have a completely revised double wishbone axle with detached strut level at the front. Its kinematics and elastokinematics enable improved responsiveness, steering precision and straight-line driving.
The multi-link axle at the rear is connected to the body via an elastically mounted sub-frame, while the rear electric drive unit is fastened directly to the structure at four points – a special feature of the Performance styling at the rear. This has a positive effect on the driving dynamics with precise wheel guidance and high transverse rigidity, and on the NVH (noise, vibration and harshness) behaviour.
The top Macan EV variants will have Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus as standard: an electronically controlled differential lock on the rear axle. This control strategy is independent of the respective driving situation and ensures greater traction, driving stability and transverse dynamics. The steering behaviour and precision are supported by targeted dynamic braking interventions on the rear axle.
Porsche Traction Management (PTM) makes use of the conceptual advantages of the all-electric powertrain. Like the Taycan, the electric Macan will have an all-wheel concept with one electric motor per axle. The two electric motors enable fast, precise all-wheel control and a fully variable and – depending on the driving programme selected and the respective driving situation – demand-based torque distribution between the front and rear axles. This is beneficial to the steerability and the directional control of the front axle on the one hand, and on the other to the traction as the basis for the characteristic Porsche handling with high agility. Even away from paved roads, the Macan benefits from the optimised all-wheel distribution of the electronically controlled all-wheel drive.
Porsche developed the Macan with a keen focus on quintessential Porsche driving dynamics and a characteristic steering feel. “Thanks to its particularly sporty seat position and low centre of gravity, as well as its impressive driving dynamics and steering precision, the new Macan delivers a real sports car feeling,” explains Product Line Vice President Jörg Kerner.
At speeds of up to around 80 km/h, the rear wheels steer in the opposite direction to the front wheels, with a steering angle at the rear axle of up to five degrees. This virtual shortening of the wheelbase results in a more dynamic steering response when cornering. At the same time, manoeuvring is easier as the turning circle is reduced by around one metre. At speeds above approximately 80 km/h, the rear wheels steer in the same direction as the front axle. As a result, the wheelbase is virtually lengthened, further increasing the driving stability, for example when changing lanes on the motorway.
With rear-axle steering comes a 15 per cent more direct steering ratio to the front axle. Even in the basic version the front-axle steering already adheres to the uncompromising Porsche design, offering the highest precision for all steering manoeuvres. Combined with high actuator dynamics this results in optimum modulation.
The power steering support developed in-house identifies and amplifies important steering information for the driver, such as the surface characteristics of the road and the grip capability of the tyres. Disruptive vibrations and bumps, on the other hand, are eliminated and not transferred to the steering wheel. The driver can therefore enjoy the clear, completely transparent steering experience characteristic of Porsche.
Porsche developed the Macan with a keen focus on quintessential Porsche driving dynamics and a characteristic steering feel. “Thanks to its particularly sporty seat position and low centre of gravity, as well as its impressive driving dynamics and steering precision, the new Macan delivers a real sports car feeling,” explains Product Line Vice President Jörg Kerner.
At speeds of up to around 80 km/h, the rear wheels steer in the opposite direction to the front wheels, with a steering angle at the rear axle of up to five degrees. This virtual shortening of the wheelbase results in a more dynamic steering response when cornering. At the same time, manoeuvring is easier as the turning circle is reduced by around one metre. At speeds above approximately 80 km/h, the rear wheels steer in the same direction as the front axle. As a result, the wheelbase is virtually lengthened, further increasing the driving stability, for example when changing lanes on the motorway.
With rear-axle steering comes a 15 per cent more direct steering ratio to the front axle. Even in the basic version the front-axle steering already adheres to the uncompromising Porsche design, offering the highest precision for all steering manoeuvres. Combined with high actuator dynamics this results in optimum modulation.
The power steering support developed in-house identifies and amplifies important steering information for the driver, such as the surface characteristics of the road and the grip capability of the tyres. Disruptive vibrations and bumps, on the other hand, are eliminated and not transferred to the steering wheel. The driver can therefore enjoy the clear, completely transparent steering experience characteristic of Porsche.
The two-valve shock absorbers will be a new feature in the PASM of the future Macan. On the one hand, they offer improved performance due to a significantly greater damper characteristic spread. On the other, two-valve shock absorbers can be adjusted independently of each other, providing an appreciable increase in comfort. This versatility makes the differences between the driving programmes even more tangible, putting each individual driving programme in the future Macan on its own distinct level. Additionally, depending on the speed, the body can be lowered in combination with the air suspension, and this improves the aerodynamics for increased range.
The wheel and tyre scenario in the future all-electric Macan is also typical of Porsche, especially when it comes to the mixed tyres, which will be even more pronounced than in the current model. The wheel widths on the front and rear axles will differ even more significantly to accommodate the rear-focused weight distribution – for more grip and driving dynamics. The wheel sizes of up to 22 inches will provide further performance potential.
We welcome you to contact one of our Sales Executives 416-494-4911 to pre-order the new all-electric Macan EV today.