Porsche shuns new VW Group platform for its own premium-focused underpinnings

Porsche Macan Leipzig.jpg — Porsche is investing more than 600 million euros to expand its factory in Leipzig, Germany, for the next generation of the Macan, which will be a fully electric.

March 25, 2021 06:06 AM

Porsche executives said the brand will use its PPE architecture for future battery-powered cars rather than switch to parent Volkswagen Group’s newly announced SSP underpinnings.

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