Porsche has confirmed that the gasoline-powered Macan SUV and the 718 Boxster and Cayman sports cars will cease production in 2026.
A Reuters report confirms the decision, which has been widely expected as Porsche has introduced and updated key vehicles in its electric car product plan, including the Taycan electric sedan and the upcoming Macan EV electric SUV.
The pace of electric vehicle adoption has slowed in many global markets, but as Albrecht Reimold, a member of Porsche’s board of directors, told Automobilwoche magazine, vehicles like their gasoline-powered Macan have reached the end of their planned life cycles.
While the fossil fuel-powered Macan has already been removed from Porsche’s European lineup, sales continue in markets where it remains a bestseller, including the United States.
Reimold confirmed to the magazine that gasoline versions of the smaller 718 sports cars would end production in 2025. Electric versions of those vehicles should emerge by late 2024, with sales expected to begin by late 2025. The sports car and electric vehicle duo may be designed around a battery pack arranged in the center of the vehicle for optimal weight distribution, like Porsche’s Mission R concept, which offered an all-wheel-drive system with two motors.
Porsche is rapidly advancing towards electric vehicles thanks to the lessons learned with its Taycan sedan. The 2025 Taycan has just received a complete update that has increased its overall range by up to 35%.
The Electric Macan, arriving in the United States this fall, will be Porsche’s first vehicle with the new PPE (Premium Platform Electric) architecture, which it shares with the Audi Q6 E-Tron and A6 E-Tron. The new vehicle includes features shared with the Taycan, such as a maximum fast charge of 270 kW and the so-called “bank charging,” which splits the 800-volt battery pack into two 400-volt sub-packs that can be charged in parallel. Porsche claims that, as a result, the full 100 kWh pack can be recharged from 10% to 80% in 22 minutes, or add over 60 miles of range in four minutes.
