Porsche has been more tempered than most automakers when it comes to electrification or at least as it relates to making promises. As the likes of the new Macan EV and the awe-inspiring Taycan have shown,

The new standalone Porsche SUV model will benefit from "synergies," suggesting a possible collaboration with Audi

Afterwards, Porsche will stick to its plan to sell the Macan purely as an electric SUV. But that leaves a gap in the brand’s line-up for a mid-sized SUV running combustion engines, and today Porsche CEO Oliver Blume announced a new model to fill that hole.

Porsche's Macan will remain an EV but a separate compact SUV with gas and hybrid powertrains will likely launch alongside it.

Porsche is committed to electrified SUVs. Really is. It makes no apologies for filling the Macan exclusively with volts. And yet, it might be filling an entirely new SUV with a series of expertly controlled explosions.

The gasoline Macan dies in 2026. T he Macan has given Porsche a license to print money ever since the crossover came out in 2014. More than 800,000 units have been sold to date, b