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The next generation of the Porsche Macan compact SUV will be fully electric

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This will be the first all-electric compact SUV from Porsche, and is due to roll off the assembly line in the Leipzig site at the start of the next decade. Like the Taycan, the Macan compact SUV features 800-volt technology and is based on the Porsche PPE architecture (Premium Platform Electric) developed in collaboration with Audi AG.

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Porsche investing €600M in Leipzig plant; new body shop for electric Macan

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Since the initial ground-breaking ceremony in February 2000, we have invested more than 1.3 The factory was opened in 2002 and started with series production of the Cayenne SUV with 259 employees. Porsche decided to establish a site in Leipzig in 1999. billion euro to develop the plant.

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