I am guessing my driving style would result in about 1/3 of the proposed miles on a charge.

Mr. Wolfe

 

The way I drive, it doesn’t make sense to own an EV. I do very little driving in town. I walk to the grocery store, walk to the gym, walk to my doctor. I don’t have children so I am not shutting anyone to daycare or school.
When I do drive, it is from Denver to Palm Springs or Denver to Seattle or Denver to New York. I also do a lot of backpacking and hiking, and there is no charging infrastructure at those trailheads. So, I’m simply not the target market for an electric vehicle until the technology evolves considerably. I think it will happen within my lifetime, for sure. But today it just doesn’t make sense for my lifestyle.

 

I'm definitely interested in one as a second vehicle. Free charging at work, so we'd save plenty on fuel.

 

Same as most here, not time yet for me although the Macan would be top of the maybe list, I will bide my time saving the planet from the pollution of creating and disposing of the underdeveloped battery chemistry we have now.

I also have a phycological issue stemming from childhood experience, impacting my free will to buy a BEV. I would be rudely awoken at 5:30am by the milkman delivering milk in his milk float. If you are not not familiar with the milk float it is a bare bones electric delivery vehicle used to deliver morning milk home to home. They sounded just like BEVs do. I hold grudges.

 

My dealer say late 23 release and first cars pf the line -24 so its more of a -24 macan ev

 

Testing:

 

This is the first time that I have seen a Porsche test car towing another vehicle. Cool.

 

It is certainly exciting for the EV debut and judging by the spy shots, it looks wonderfully designed with that sloping roofline and new headlights. However, I am hesitant on first generation cars and especially EV ones as Porsche is relatively new in the EV world. I would expect there to be problems but I hope I am wrong.

 

There definitely will be first gen issues. Just look at any taycan forum and it's downright frightening the # of issues owners are dealing with. Hopefully Porsche get their sh#t together by then but who knows.

 

This. LOL.

 

I agree as to first generation Porsches. But the bugs they're working out with the Taycan ought to apply to some extent to the Macan.

 

What that means are the first EV Macans will suffer the same bug pattern as the Taycans.

 

I read a series of articles this morning about the development and manufacturing of solid state batteries.

Volkswagen recently invested $300 million into research and development of solid state butteries and many other automakers are doing the same. It is generally expected that these batteries will be commercially available towards the end of the decade, with some groups hoping to produce solid state batteries as early as 2025.

The major benefits of solid state batteries is they are more energy dense (i.e smaller) and much less flammable than the current lithium ion batteries. Also, I believe the materials required to manufacture them are easier to obtain and cheaper. Supposedly solid state batteries can charge faster too.

With this in mind, I’ll probably be holding out another 5-7 years and wait for solid state batteries before seriously entertaining the idea of getting an EV.

 

I would like a latest ICE Turbo S version of the Macan.

 

It probably won’t happen, but would love if they put the 4.0L V8 from the Cayenne/Panamera in the Macan.