MT CONFIDENTIAL
The next all-electric Porsche will be a version of the Macan, due in 2022. That’s because the BEV Macan is likely to be based on VW Group’s existing MEB electric vehicle architecture and not the forthcoming PPE premium The next-gen 5 Series, code-named G60, is scheduled to appear in late 2023 and will be built on BMW’s convergence platform, which allows ICE, PHEV, and BEV vehicles to share a high proportion of components. Sources say the electric M5 could be powered by three 335-hp motors—two at the rear and one at the front—delivering a total system output of just over 1,000 hp, all-wheel drive, and active torque vectoring across the rear axle. BMW is said to be aiming for a 0–60 time of about 2.7 seconds and a 400-plus-mile range. to reveal the production version of its 1,888-hp, AWD C_Two hypercar at the Geneva show. The car will instead be revealed later this year—with a new name—and Rimac says it’s on track for the first of 150 cars to be delivered to well-heeled customers in 2021. Four final prototypes have been completed, but a further 13 are said to be required to get the car through all crash testing and certification processes. Rimac has just completed a new production facility in Croatia that will allow the company to build four cars a month.
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