Iconic German sports car manufacturer Porsche is planning to make an all-electric Panamera alongside a second generation of the successful Porsche Taycan EV.
These are the two electric vehicles (EVs) expected to headline Porsche’s new “electrified luxury” plan which will deliver up to six electric models by the end of the decade, according to a UK automotive outlet Autocar.
Autocar reports that both the new Taycan and Panamera would be based on a sporting version of the Volkswagen Group’s Scalable Systems Platform (SSP) which is currently being developed by Porsche.
The so-called “SSP Sport” structure will adopt the backbone of the SSP architecture set which will be used by more volume-oriented electric Volkswagen Group models but will combine it with what was described to Autocar as “Porsche-specific modules”.
The electric Panamera would be sold alongside its current internal combustion engine (ICE) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models, both of which are based on Porsche’s MSB platform, and the engineering for the electric Panamera would be twinned with that of the new Taycan, which is due out in 2027.
Even though development for the Panamera EV is reportedly still in its infancy, Autocar claims that there are suggestions it will have a wheelbase and overall length similar to that of the existing long-wheelbase Panamera sold in China, which measures in at 3100mm and 5199mm, respectively.
The Panamera EV will also reportedly play host to an 800V battery with what was described to Autocar as “more energy-efficient cell technology and a higher-silicon-content anode than that used by Porsche today.”
But before we see the Taycan or Panamera, Autocar claims that the first car to be seen based on the SSP Sport platform will be Porsche’s recently confirmed seventh model line, which will be placed above the Cayenne and is set to measure in at five-metres-plus with seven seats and is set to make its debut “around the middle of the decade”.
Codenamed K1, it is expected to be produced at Porsche’s Leipzig factory in Germany, the site that sources also suggest will be home to production of the Panamera EV.
Joshua S. Hill is a Melbourne-based journalist who has been writing about climate change, clean technology, and electric vehicles for over 15 years. He has been reporting on electric vehicles and clean technologies for Renew Economy and The Driven since 2012. His preferred mode of transport is his feet.