Porsche Cayenne Electric Revealed With Up To 1,140 HP (850 kW)

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Porsche isn’t stepping distant from its EV roadmap, and realistically it couldn’t adjacent if it wanted to. The Cayenne is adjacent successful enactment for electrification, pursuing the Macan, and the pricing is sharper than galore expected.

In a tricky marketplace Porsche is rolling retired a exemplary that carries superior weight: the Cayenne. The larger sibling to the Macan is present offered arsenic a afloat EV, adjacent though not everyone volition beryllium thrilled astir the switch. After a tally of softer income and immoderate uncomfortable fiscal results, Stuttgart has adjusted people and volition support the existent combustion and plug-in hybrid Cayenne models connected merchantability due to the fact that it’s wide a afloat migration to EVs isn’t happening overnight.

The Cayenne Electric is designed to marque that modulation a spot easier. Arriving aboriginal adjacent twelvemonth arsenic the Cayenne Electric and Cayenne Turbo Electric, it brings numbers that volition marque adjacent the astir committed petrol fans pause. On overboost the Turbo peaks astatine 1,140 hp (850 kW), 1,500 Nm, and tops retired astatine 260 km/h. The 0–100 km/h sprint takes 2.5 seconds. In mean usage the Turbo supplies up to 845 hp (630 kW). The introduction mentation produces 402 hp (300 kW) and 835 Nm, hits 0–100 km/h successful 4.8 seconds, and reaches 230 km/h.

Range comes successful astatine astir 640 km, and highest charging hits 400 kW. The 113 kWh artillery tin leap from 10 to 80 percent successful astir 16 minutes. Inductive location charging is available, though the €5,000 enactment volition marque immoderate wince. According to outgoing CEO Oliver Blume, the Cayenne Electric delivers show that shifts expectations for SUV dynamics and charging. Engineers are conscionable arsenic arrogant of the braking system, with up to 600 kW of recuperation allowing astir stops to beryllium handled done vigor betterment contempt a kerb value adjacent to 2.5 tonnes.

Every variant gets all-wheel thrust and adaptive aerial suspension. The Turbo adds a rear axle cross-lock for traction and progressive rotation power for tighter assemblage management. Rear-axle steering tin beryllium added. A slippery signifier drops resistance to 0.25, helping agelong range. Overall magnitude stays astatine 4.99 m, but the wheelbase grows by 13 cm to 3.02 m, improving rear-seat room. The rear seat is electrically adjustable arsenic standard, switching from a relaxed space to an upright cargo-friendly setup.

Inside, the compartment upgrades see larger screens, specified arsenic a curved cardinal OLED, on with heated armrests and materials that wouldn’t consciousness retired of spot successful a high-end luxury saloon. Boot abstraction runs from 781 to 1,588 litres, with a 90-litre frunk for other flexibility.

Prices statesman astatine €105,200 for the Cayenne Electric and €165,500 for the Cayenne Electric Turbo. These models, and immoderate aboriginal electrical models, volition not beryllium hitting the South African market.