Porsche’s Macan EV Will Debut a New Platform with a Ton of Power

• The upcoming Premium Platform Electric can support 603 hp and 707 lb-ft of torque at launch, which could make for a wildly powerful Macan model.

• Porsche's new battery-electric platform will be modular and will support rear- and all-wheel-drive systems.

• Porsche’s Premium Platform Electric architecture could expand throughout the brand’s product portfolio.

Porsche is looking to expand its battery-electric endeavors with an entirely new platform that will underpin, as Porsche says, “a wide array of models.” Kicking off the Premium Platform Electric (PPE) is a battery-electric Macan. Porsche’s new platform will also support an 800-volt architecture, which Porsche rolled out with its Taycan. More important than the architecture’s voltage, Porsche says the system “will initially go up to around 450 kW,” which is a whopping 603 hp.

That promises good fun for the upcoming Macan EV. Porsche also notes the new platform will have over 1000 Nm of torque—that’s 707 lb-ft, which means the upcoming plug-in compact crossover will hustle.

Porsche notes the upcoming platform will be modular and will support rear- and all-wheel-drive systems. While this is officially going to kick off with the new Macan EV, it’s hard to ignore the rest of Porsche’s lineup. It’s almost a safe bet that larger Porsche crossovers like the Cayenne will also see product from this new PPE platform, and the rear-drive ability could hint at a battery-electric Porsche 911 in the near future.