2024 Porsche Macan EV rendered

The 2024 Porsche Macan EV has been rendered ahead of its world debut later this year and its global release next year, and these digital images from Kolesa.ru – based on the increasing number of prototypes spied around Europe in recent times – give us our best look yet at the all-new battery-powered mid-size luxury SUV.

We’ve known for a long time now that the first all-electric Macan will look different to its combustion-powered counterparts, which will continue to be available alongside it, with a more coupe-esque roofline and a completely different front-end design set to feature a unique split front lighting signature, smaller air intakes and more white space.

Porsche’s second EV will still be identifiable as a Macan due to its overall stature, but the biggest difference will be the position of its headlights, with the battery-electric SUV set to move them down onto the front fascia like the Hyundai Kona, leaving the quad-beam daytime running lights to mimic traditional headlights above the bonnet line.

At first glance it actually looks like the traditional arrangement of high-set headlights supported lower down by chunky fog lights, but in reality it’s the other way around.

The silhouette looks a lot like the Cayenne Coupe’s and will inevitably gift the Macan EV with a slipperier drag co-efficient than its petrol-powered sister model, and yet it seems traditional door handles will make a return in the name of familiarity and simplicity.

Changes to the slopier rear-end are far simpler in terms of the tailgate and bumper designs, with the former headlined by a narrow lighting strip and smaller tail-light clusters than the more pronounced units on the existing petrol Macan.

A tasty rear wing adorns the top of the rear window, while the bumper is almost a carbon copy of the regular Macan’s, save for the lack of exhaust outlets.

Macan by name and stature but not by nature, the Macan EV will be underpinned by Porsche and Audi’s new EV-specific Premium Platform Electric (PPE) architecture and powered by a version of the Taycan’s dual-motor all-wheel drive system with two-speed transmission, and could pack as much as 520kW/1000Nm in flagship guise.

Lesser versions will supposedly be good for 450kW, with power for all initial variants set to come from a 100kWh battery pack, making it safe to assume the Macan EV will be a fair bit faster and a whole lot dearer than the current petrol Macan line-up.

Following a third facelift for the original medium SUV first released in 2014, the current Macan ranges in price from $93,800 to $141,700 and, in the absence of an upgraded Macan Turbo, the line-up is topped by the 324kW/550Nm GTS.

Digital images: Kolesa.ru

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