03-13-2023, 04:54 PM
Porsche Taycan deliveries backed up for months, new SUV details revealed
<p>For new-vehicle shoppers who have their eye on Porsche's newest model — the all-electric Taycan — the sports car maker has a message: Be patient.</p>
<p>Porsche estimates a 6-to 9-month wait for <a href="https://www.autonews.com/porsche-taycan" target="_blank">Taycan</a> deliveries.</p>
<p>Geopolitics and the pandemic conspired to kneecap Taycan sales last year. Porsche delivered 34,801 units in 2022, down 16 percent from the previous year.</p>
<p>Russia's invasion of Ukraine <a href="https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/porsche-halts-taycan-output-supply-shortages" target="_blank">halted</a> Taycan production for "several weeks" last year, Porsche CEO Oliver Blume said Monday.</p>
<p>"One hundred percent of all wire harnesses for the Taycan came from Ukraine," Blume said on a media call following the company's 2022 earnings report Monday.</p>
<p>COVID-related shutdowns in China — a major source of semiconductors — also gummed up Taycan deliveries last year.</p>
<p>But Porsche said it's working around the supply bottlenecks and expects to deliver at least 40,000 Taycans globally this year.</p>
<p>"We have a very strong order bank, very strong order intake at this point," Porsche CFO Lutz Meschke said on the call. "But we have to manage the supply chain shortages."</p><p><strong>New ground</strong></p><p>At they attempt to free up more production, Porsche executives also teased the brand's next all-new model — a new full-size SUV, codenamed K1, that will slot above the Porsche Cayenne.</p>
<p>Blume said the bigger model is "focused on the markets where our customers love to drive big cars."</p>
<p>Dealer sources first told <i>Automotive News</i> about Porsche's plans for the crossover in 2021, saying the vehicle <a href="https://www.autonews.com/cars-concepts/porsche-add-flagship-model-above-cayenne" target="_blank">should arrive</a> in the second half of the decade and would offer three rows of seating — a first for a Porsche.</p>
<p>"It's very focused on the North American market and China," Blume said.</p><p>While the large crossover will be a new model, it will carry the familiar Porsche DNA. Blume called the K1 a "new approach for Porsche, combined with traditional values."</p>
<p>It "offers a very luxurious experience for our customers, but with a 100 percent Porsche touch and feel, with Porsche sportiness … and design aspects," he said.</p>
<p>The K1 will use Volkswagen Group's SSP Sport platform, which Porsche is developing.</p>
<p>The model will incorporate technology from the <a href="https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2021/motorsports/porsche-concept-study-motorsports-mission-r-all-electric-gt-racing-car-drive-world-premiere-iaa-mobility-25603.html" target="_blank">Mission R</a> concept presented in 2021 at the IAA in Munich, Porsche said. K1 will include the direct oil-cooled electric motor in the Mission R and a new high-performance battery with a 920-volt electrical system to reduce charging times.</p>
<p>Blume said the new vehicle will be typical for Porsche, with "impressive performance, automated driving functions, and a new interior experience."</p>
<p>The new SUV is key to Porsche's ambitions of delivering about 80 percent of its new vehicles as full-electric models in 2030.</p>
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<p>For new-vehicle shoppers who have their eye on Porsche's newest model — the all-electric Taycan — the sports car maker has a message: Be patient.</p>
<p>Porsche estimates a 6-to 9-month wait for <a href="https://www.autonews.com/porsche-taycan" target="_blank">Taycan</a> deliveries.</p>
<p>Geopolitics and the pandemic conspired to kneecap Taycan sales last year. Porsche delivered 34,801 units in 2022, down 16 percent from the previous year.</p>
<p>Russia's invasion of Ukraine <a href="https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/porsche-halts-taycan-output-supply-shortages" target="_blank">halted</a> Taycan production for "several weeks" last year, Porsche CEO Oliver Blume said Monday.</p>
<p>"One hundred percent of all wire harnesses for the Taycan came from Ukraine," Blume said on a media call following the company's 2022 earnings report Monday.</p>
<p>COVID-related shutdowns in China — a major source of semiconductors — also gummed up Taycan deliveries last year.</p>
<p>But Porsche said it's working around the supply bottlenecks and expects to deliver at least 40,000 Taycans globally this year.</p>
<p>"We have a very strong order bank, very strong order intake at this point," Porsche CFO Lutz Meschke said on the call. "But we have to manage the supply chain shortages."</p><p><strong>New ground</strong></p><p>At they attempt to free up more production, Porsche executives also teased the brand's next all-new model — a new full-size SUV, codenamed K1, that will slot above the Porsche Cayenne.</p>
<p>Blume said the bigger model is "focused on the markets where our customers love to drive big cars."</p>
<p>Dealer sources first told <i>Automotive News</i> about Porsche's plans for the crossover in 2021, saying the vehicle <a href="https://www.autonews.com/cars-concepts/porsche-add-flagship-model-above-cayenne" target="_blank">should arrive</a> in the second half of the decade and would offer three rows of seating — a first for a Porsche.</p>
<p>"It's very focused on the North American market and China," Blume said.</p><p>While the large crossover will be a new model, it will carry the familiar Porsche DNA. Blume called the K1 a "new approach for Porsche, combined with traditional values."</p>
<p>It "offers a very luxurious experience for our customers, but with a 100 percent Porsche touch and feel, with Porsche sportiness … and design aspects," he said.</p>
<p>The K1 will use Volkswagen Group's SSP Sport platform, which Porsche is developing.</p>
<p>The model will incorporate technology from the <a href="https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2021/motorsports/porsche-concept-study-motorsports-mission-r-all-electric-gt-racing-car-drive-world-premiere-iaa-mobility-25603.html" target="_blank">Mission R</a> concept presented in 2021 at the IAA in Munich, Porsche said. K1 will include the direct oil-cooled electric motor in the Mission R and a new high-performance battery with a 920-volt electrical system to reduce charging times.</p>
<p>Blume said the new vehicle will be typical for Porsche, with "impressive performance, automated driving functions, and a new interior experience."</p>
<p>The new SUV is key to Porsche's ambitions of delivering about 80 percent of its new vehicles as full-electric models in 2030.</p>
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