2024 Porsche Macan EV Tested: Goes Far, Not Fast

• We have a Porsche Macan 4 Electric in for a One-Year Road Test.
• After adding up all of the options, this Macan EV cost us nearly $100,000.
• There's plenty to like about this electric SUV, but there's one big problem: It's not quick.

Track testing

Our Macan 4 has the optional Sport Chrono package, which is important because you need it in order to get launch control. Our dual-motor all-wheel-drive Macan 4 makes 382 horsepower and 479 lb-ft of torque under normal conditions, but it can bump that horsepower figure up to 402 hp if — and only if — you are using launch control. 

Even with that dialed up, however, the Macan 4's performance was a bit disappointing. Our test car took 4.8 seconds to get from 0 to 60 mph and covering the quarter mile took 13.2 seconds at 106.6 mph. That ties both of the times we got in a gas-powered Macan S, and while it might be a stretch to call any sub-5-second vehicle "slow," it's hard to not come to that conclusion when you compare the Macan 4 to some of its considerably cheaper electric competitors.

The Genesis Electrified GV70 needed just 4.1 seconds to sprint from 0 to 60 mph and the BMW iX xDrive50 needed just 4.2 seconds. If you hop down from the luxury makes, things don't get much better: The Tesla Model Y Long Range tied the Macan 4 in the 0-60 dash (4.8 seconds) but wins the quarter mile (12.9 seconds). The dual-motor Hyundai Ioniq 5 just narrowly beat the Macan 4 as well, taking 4.7 seconds to hit 60 mph. Of course, part of the problem might be the Macan's weight — at 5,365 pounds, this thing is heavy, so even 402 hp doesn't feel like enough power at times.

Braking and skidpad numbers were also not as impressive as we'd hoped. The Macan 4 took 116 feet to stop from 60 mph and pulled 0.89 g on our 200-foot lateral skidpad. Our car is equipped with all-season tires, and summer tires are available, which would likely improve the latergal grip number but could reduce range.

We mentioned the Ioniq 5 earlier, and if we compare our Macan to the rowdy Ioniq 5 N — a car that still undercuts the Porsche's price by tens of thousands of dollars — it's an outright bloodbath.

The Macan 4's performance was respectable, but given its nearly six-figure price tag, we expected more all-around ability. There are, of course, more powerful electrified Macan variants if you are looking for something quicker, in particular the 630-hp Macan Turbo with its estimated 3.1-second 0-60 mph time. But even so, it's a tough pill to swallow when your Porsche is getting dusted by SUVs that cost a whole lot less.

Range and charging

The Macan 4 has an EPA-estimated range of 308 miles, but that's a figure we were pretty sure it would beat given that, when we drove a prototype version of the yet-to-be-named Macan Turbo, it nearly matched that figure and it had less estimated range (288 miles). And empirically, Porsches pretty much always go way, way over their EPA estimates. 

The Macan 4 continued that trend, covering 352 miles on the Edmunds EV Range Test at pretty good efficiency (29 kWh per 100 miles). A quick reminder on our methodology: Every vehicle driven on the Edmunds EV Range Test follows the same set of parameters. We aim for an average speed of 40 mph, with 60% city driving and 40% done on the highway. We believe this better represents the real-world conditions of EV drivers, rather than just setting the cruise control at 70 mph and hitting the highway.

And of course, we also put our Macan through the Edmunds EV Charging Test. While the Macan 4 might not be the fastest at our test track at a charging station: it's lightning. Porsche puts the cap on the Macan 4's max charging rate at 270 kW, but on a 350-kW fast charger it got all the way up to 285 kW and that is the highest rate we've ever encountered in our testing. 

We also noted an average sustained charging rate of 209 kW for the Macan 4, which does put it behind the Taycan's 223 kW on that part of the leaderboard. But a fun way to think about it is this: You can add 100 miles of range to the Macan 4 in just 8 minutes and 23 seconds. And that makes it (along with some pretty excellent ride quality) a stellar electric companion for road trips.