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Porsche is finally unveiling the Macan EV this week, its latest sketches show an early look

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The all-electric Porsche Macan will finally show its face later this week. Ahead of its official debut, Porsche is teasing the new Macan EV with sketches that preview a “quintessentially Porsche” design. The Porsche Macan is based on the Audi co-developed PPE platform, which will also power the upcoming Q6 E-Tron.

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IONITY partners with Shell, OMV, Tank & Rast and Circle K on sites for high-power charging network; 18 countries, >200 sites

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IONITY , the joint venture of BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen with Audi and Porsche that is developing and implementing a High-Power Charging (HPC) network for EVs across Europe ( earlier post ), has formed initial strategic partnerships for the realization of its HPC network.

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BMW Vision Neue Klasse X SUV teased ahead of global debut on March 21

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The upcoming Vision Neue Klasse X will take on the upcoming Porsche Macan EV and the newly introduced Audi Q6 e-tron. There’s also the new generation of electric motors that will power not only the Neue Klasse-based models but also the CLAR-based EVs. More models will be added to the portfolio in the second half of the decade.

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Preview: 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron casts a potent EV shadow

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Audi still sells some good-to-great gas-powered SUVs, but the EV companions like this Q6 E-Tron are the ones that will catapult it into the future, powerfully. The Q6 E-Tron marks the first Audi vehicle on a new VW Group architecture it developed: PPE, which it shares initially with the Porsche Macan EV.

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BMW Neue Klasse EVs lean into AI for texture, inspiration

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Sized like those existing gas-powered vehicles, the Neue Klasse sedan and SUV promise faster charging and more range than BMW’s current crop of electric vehicles. That’s set for the end of 2025, when production of the first versions begins in Debrecen, Hungary, in what BMW promises will be its first fossil-free factory.

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