{"id":74720,"date":"2024-07-23T12:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T16:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74720"},"modified":"2024-07-23T12:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T16:03:27","slug":"1143884_porsche-says-ev-transition-to-take-years-audi-refocuses-on-phevs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74720","title":{"rendered":"Porsche says EV transition to &#8220;take years,&#8221; Audi refocuses on PHEVs"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Porsche and Audi acknowledge the electric transition will take longer than anticipated<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Audi said plug-in hybrids will be the stepping stone, especially in the U.S.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Both Porsche and Audi still plan to go all-electric<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two Volkswagen Group brands now expect the <strong>EV transition<\/strong> to take longer than originally thought.<\/p>\n<p>Porsche previously said it was aiming for 80% EV sales by 2030, but the automaker said Monday that this would only happen if customer demand and technological developments allowed.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The transition to electric cars is <strong>taking longer than we thought<\/strong> five years ago,&#8221; Porsche said in a statement first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/autos-transportation\/porsche-waters-down-ev-ambitions-says-transition-will-take-years-2024-07-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>. &#8220;Our product strategy is set up such that we could deliver over 80% of our vehicles as all electric in 2030\u2014dependent on customer demand and the development of electromobility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Porsche will keep a greater amount of combustion-engine cars in its product mix.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100924537_m\" title=\"2025 Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Weissach package\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"2025 Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Weissach package\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"576\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/porsche-taycan_100924537_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/porsche-taycan_100924537_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/porsche-taycan_100924537_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/porsche-taycan_100924537_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/porsche-taycan_100924537_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/porsche-taycan_100924537_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2025 Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Weissach package<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Our double strategy is more important than ever,&#8221; Porsche said, referring to its continued development of both internal combustion and electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow VW Group brand Audi still aims to have an all-electric lineup by 2033, but CEO Gernot D\u00f6llner said in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/new-hybrid-era-audi-ev-switch-takes-longer-we-thought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autocar<\/a> published Monday that there will be an extended <strong>&#8220;transition phase&#8221;<\/strong> to get to that point, adding that Audi is looking to <strong>plug-in hybrids<\/strong> to help smooth out that transition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We recognized early on that plug-in hybrids were a relevant project technology and now we see that the bridge is longer than we initially thought,&#8221; D\u00f6llner said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100935776_m\" title=\"2025 Audi Q5\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"2025 Audi Q5\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"644\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2025-audi-q5_100935776_l.webp\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/2025-audi-q5_100935776_h.webp\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2025-audi-q5_100935776_l.webp\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2025-audi-q5_100935776_l.webp\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/2025-audi-q5_100935776_m.webp\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/2025-audi-q5_100935776_s.webp\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2025 Audi Q5<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1143784_2025-q5-phev-returns-remains-audi-s-lone-plug-in-hybrid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Audi Q5 plug-in hybrid<\/a> is the only such model in Audi&#8217;s current U.S. lineup, but the automaker is planning a <strong>new generation of plug-in hybrids<\/strong> with up to 62 miles of electric range, as well as a new family of combustion engines, according to Autocar. The Premium Platform Combustion (PPC), Audi&#8217;s next-generation platform for internal-combustion models that recently debuted with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1143758_2025-audi-a5-s5-revealed-replaces-a4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new A5 sedan<\/a>, can also accommodate range-extended powertrains, according to Autocar.<\/p>\n<p>While this transition period could continue through the next decade, D\u00f6llner told Autocar that Audi still views EVs as the best solution in the long term.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe, especially with the gradient of innovation in the battery-electric segment, that the battery-electric vehicle is superior,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The automaker is still rolling out new electric models based on the Premium Platform Electric (PPE) shared with Porsche as it moves on from earlier-generation EVs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1143798_2025-audi-q8-e-tron-gets-minor-changes-before-a-possible-exit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">like the Q8 e-tron<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Porsche and Audi acknowledge the electric transition will take longer than anticipated Audi said plug-in hybrids will be the stepping stone, especially in the U.S. Both Porsche and Audi still plan to go all-electric Two Volkswagen Group brands now expect the EV transition to take longer than originally thought. 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