Audi has set a sales target of 40,000 units for the e-tron this year, the company’s CEO Markus Duesmann has told handelsblatt.com. 17,000+ units have already been sold in the year’s first half and the e-tron is leading the electric SUV sales in the Old Continent.
Porsche will be introducing the new Macan in 2022 that will include a fully electric e-Macan built on a dedicated electric platform. This week, the company issued an update on the arrangements at the manufacturing facility in Leipzig, Germany to induct the electric crossover.
Chinese media sites including AutoHome are reporting that the ‘Taycan base’ model will be introduced in China on June 29. The portals don’t reports specifications but the base Taycan is expected to get a single motor making it a rear-wheel-drive.
Mass-electrification is on the lips of almost every automotive company today and while Porsche too has taken to it with the launch of the Taycan sportscar, the company says that the Boxster and Cayman are too small for electric powertrains.
At India’s first VW Media Night yesterday, Porsche India ‘teased’ the Taycan as its future offering, indirectly confirming that it would be importing the Turbo S variant.