BETTER PARTSPorsche for 2022 with electric SUV
The electrification of the range is at Porsche was in full swing. The Taycan is at the end of next year and it doesn't stop there.
At this time, Zuffenhausen is one big construction site. For the creation of the new Taycan is a completely new production line was built between the already existing production. Cost: hundreds of millions. This year, only have prototypes put together, but next year start the mass production. AutoWeek spoke on the spot, a Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board for Finance & IT Lutz Meschke. The enthusiasm for the Taycan is, according to him, there are already 10.000 orders.
After the launch of the Taycan one with other EV's. "First, the Taycan-deviraten, the first of these did you do in Geneva can see the Cross-Turismo - RK). Then we carefully look at our first volelektrische sports car, the segment of the 718 seems to have the most suitable for. It also depends a lot how the us is faring with the hybrid version of the 911-992 that we have about a month to uncover it . Yes, that hybrid 992 is there, just not right from the beginning." The brand is aimed at 20 to 25,000 Taycans per year, not even as much less as it is now 911.
Meschke promises that Porsche no later than 2022, an electric SUV in the range. All of this is going as yet, in no way at the expense of the ICE models. "The Taycan should be just like the Panamera from the first moment of a model that profit add," says Meschke. "He'll be nowhere in the place. Porsche is a very profitable business and that will also with the Taycan continue to do so."
Price and positioning
Porsche has already let know to 2022 € 6 billion to invest in the electrification of the brand. The Taycan is at the end of next year, delivery is to the beginning of 2020 to start. In terms of price, the model will, by Porsche as the Panamera as a sports Turismo is referred to, between the Panamera and a Cayenne in bed, of course, depending on the version and power. But please note, that's before taxes: in the Netherlands the CO2-related BPM is a Taycan might be cheaper than a Cayenne with the same power, especially at the top end. The car is the first EV with an 800-volt system, allowing the loading up to a maximum of 350 kw. Almost three times as fast as Tesla's superchargeladers. To an opaque laadnetwerk in Europe, the brand has a joint venture with Daimler, Ford and BMW called Ionity. That should be in 2020 450 speed loaders (up to 350 kW) along motorways in Europe.
Read more about the Taycan and Porsche's stekkerplannen in AutoWeek 43 Wednesday 24 October.