Porsche Macan Electric

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Can the highly popular SUV retain traditional Porsche qualities as it enters the age of EVs? The new Porsche Macan Electric has an umabiguous task ahead of it: to become a worth successor of the celebrated Porsche Macan, only powered by electricity.If only this was as simple as it sounds. For many, the existing, combustion version of Porsche's junior SUV represents a class-dominating spider chart of performance, space, long-distance road manners, and just enough fun to ensure you don't regret passing up that Cayman build slot.And excellent as many electric cars now are, there can still exist some compromises in terms of range or weight and, perhaps most conspicuously here, for dynamic handling appeal compared with their combustion-engined peers.Which means the electric Macan's biggest challenge may not be in defeating the imminent Polestar 4 or the new Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, but simply matching for broad appeal the combustion-powered Macan which, despite having been discontinued in mainland Europe already, will soldier on in UK showroom until a likely retirement in 2025.So how have they gone about evolving this model for the electric world? We've had a few occasions to find out so far, having now tested all four versions of the car (the base Macan, Macan 4, Macan 4S and Macan Turbo) briefly on European roads and a Macan 4 in more depth in the UK. Read on to find out what we learned.