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Porsche celebrates the start of electromobility at its Leipzig factory

EQS-News: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous Porsche celebrates the start of electromobility at its Leipzig factory 14.05.2024 / 18:00 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Porsche celebrates the start of electromobility at its Leipzig factory

• With its production of the electric Macan, the Porsche factory in Leipzig is now also a centre of excellence for electromobility.
• Flexible production: three powertrain types on one assembly line. 

Leipzig. Today, Tuesday 14 May, Porsche celebrated the official start of electromobility at its production site in Saxony. In recent years, the sports car manufacturer has invested around 600 million euros in expanding the factory in order to produce the electric Macan here. Additions to the factory have included a new body assembly line. Production of the new Macan is currently being ramped up. The plant has been designed for maximum flexibility in the future, with petrol, hybrid and all-electric cars being made on a single production line.

Many prominent guests attended today’s celebrations. Representatives of Porsche AG included Chairman of the Supervisory Board Dr Wolfgang Porsche and Chairman of the Executive Board Oliver Blume. And from the political sphere,  Dr Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Michael Kretschmer, State Premier of the Free State of Saxony, Winfried Kretschmann, State Premier of Baden-Württemberg, and Burkhard Jung, Mayor of Leipzig. The members of the Porsche Sustainability Council were also in attendance.

Electromobility lays important groundwork for the mobility of the future
Following on from the Taycan, the new Macan is the second all-electric Porsche model on the market. In 2030, the sports car manufacturer plans to deliver more than 80 per cent of its new vehicles with an all-electric drive – depending on customer demand and the development of electromobility in individual regions of the world. “At Porsche we’re convinced that electromobility is the future. It is the joint task of business, politics and society to drive forward the transformation of mobility together,” said Chairman of the