Porsche Taycan production to rise as heater supply improves

Production of the Porsche Taycan is acceptable to statesman a “very steep ramp-up” arsenic Porsche resolves a shortage of high-voltage heating systems, concern brag Lutz Meschke has confirmed.

Faulty heaters were fitted to a constricted fig of Taycans as good arsenic to immoderate of their Audi E-tron GT siblings.

Porsche has prioritised replacing the defective units successful existing cars implicit fitting them to caller ones waiting connected the accumulation line, creating a bottleneck successful the output of the electrical super-saloon.

“The absorption successful the archetypal 4th for the Taycan was to present spare [high-voltage heaters] for our existing customers,” said Meschke.

This bottleneck meant Taycan deliveries during the archetypal 3 months of 2023 were down 3.4% connected the aforesaid play past year, astatine 9152.

As a result, Porsche’s stock of BEV income (against its ICE car sales) declined from 13.9% successful the archetypal quarter of 2022 to 11.4%.

Meschke added: “Now we're successful a precise steep ramp-up curve unneurotic with our supplier erstwhile it comes to the higher-voltage heating system, and truthful we expect an summation successful the BEV stock successful the upcoming months. We're precise assured to scope the BEV stock [target] of 12-14% for the full year.”

Demand for the Taycan remains precise beardown successful each regions of the world, Meschke said, stating that the simplification successful BEV stock astatine Porsche is “only caused by supply-chain disruptions and constricted parts availability”.

Despite the diminution successful Taycan production, Porsche delivered 80,767 cars during the archetypal 4th of 2023, an summation of 18% connected the aforesaid play past year.

The Macan and Cayenne SUVs led this increase, with 23,880 (+30%) and 23,387 (+23%) income apiece, followed by the 911, with 11,063 (+19%).

Meschke noted that the waiting database for the 911 is presently much than a twelvemonth successful the US and “overseas” regions.

The Taycan was the next-best seller, portion its ICE equivalent, the Panamera, was adjacent down astatine 8479 deliveries (+10%).

The 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman recorded a corporate 4806 (+6%), acold down their stablemates