It’s been four years since Porsche projected EVs would account for more than 80 percent of its sales by the end of the decade. Although it’s only 2026, that target has already been abandoned, as electric cars aren’t gaining traction at the rate estimated in early 2022. Last year, vehicles without combustion engines accounted for 22.2 percent of total shipments.

 

Even with an electric Cayenne now out, the original 80-percent objective feels like grasping at straws. Porsche is no longer pursuing such lofty EV goals, instead committing long-term to combustion engines. Plans for a new combustion-engine crossover have already been announced as a replacement for the first-generation Macan.