The Macan EV is an out-of-the-gate success
Porsche’s latest electric SUV has reportedly been a home run, with CEO Oliver Blume stating the electric version of the Macan had a “particularly gratifying” market introduction. It’s a big boost to the brand’s electric sales, which otherwise fell a bit flat over the last twelve months. The newest addition to Porsche’s electrified portfolio seems to be a hit, especially in the United States, although the automaker has been light on specifics.
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The Macan Electric started 2025 hot, continuing last year’s trend
We’re barely three months into the year, but the Macan Electric is off to a very solid start. Porsche stated that the electrified Macan currently makes up over 40 percent of the brand’s Macan sales in the US in 2025.
“Deliveries and incoming orders in 2025 are showing us that we’re striking a chord with the electric Macan and that electromobility does indeed have an audience in North America,” Blume said in a recent Q&A session. The luxury crossover’s domination is largely a continuing trend from 2024, in which it outsold the gas variant almost two to one globally despite only being on sale for the last three months of the year. But, of course, there are important details to consider. Porsche discontinued the gas model in Europe in early 2024, citing cybersecurity concerns, and the Macan Electric is brand-new, whereas the gas model hasn’t been significantly improved upon since 2023.
The Macan’s strong US sales counterbalance the slow-selling Taycan
Porsche’s other fully electric model, the Taycan, isn’t faring as well. Sales of Porsche’s original EV dipped 49 percent in 2024, and we don’t have any reason to think that’s changed early on in 2025. For 2024, Porsche sold just 20,836 examples of the Taycan, representing just six percent of the brand’s total sales of 310,718 units. Despite the challenges, the Macan Electric seems to be sending a strong positive signal to Blume and others in Stuttgart, with the CEO stating that the automaker is “…very optimistic that we will be just as successful with the future electric Cayenne in North America. Especially in California.”
He also casually revealed that the EV Cayenne will make its debut somewhere on the West Coast of the US later this year. Blume also stated that 27 percent of new Porsches sold globally in 2024 were electrified. That figure counts hybrids and full EVs, and marks an increase over the previous year. For 2025, the automaker hopes its electrified offerings will account for between 33 and 35 percent of total sales, with at least 20 percent of overall sales being fully electrified vehicles. Looks like the Macan Electric may need to do a lot of the heavy lifting.
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Final thoughts
The Macan Electric is a necessary addition to Porsche’s lineup, and a pit stop for the brand on its way to more widespread electrification. Thanks to the hype a new model brings—and what has largely been a warm critical reception—the Macan Electric is elevating Porsche’s status in the electric world. But there’s still a lot of work ahead for the brand to achieve its goals for 2025, and we look forward to seeing what the famed German automaker has in store.
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