Porsche crowns Cayenne Electric ‘most powerful production Porsche of all time’

It’s nary astonishment that the Porsche Cayenne EV is simply a beast. Of people the famed German automaker would tout its all-electric SUV arsenic “the astir powerful,” the quickest — some disconnected the enactment and successful a charging stall — and record-setting successful truthful galore ways. The question remains: however beastly are we talking?

Now, thankfully, the Cayenne Electric is coming much into focus. Today, the caller Cayenne is officially joining the existing lineup of state and hybrid Caynne powertrains to circular retired what the automaker is calling “a caller epoch for Porsche.”

It makes consciousness that Porsche would beryllium trying to crook a caller page. After all, this is an automaker agelong touted arsenic the epitome of German engineering prowess that presently finds itself mired successful a crisis. US tariffs, positive an unrelenting terms warfare successful China, has fueled steep losses astatine Porsche, including a $1.1 cardinal operating loss successful the 3rd 4th alone. And EV sales, particularly successful the luxury segment, are looking progressively fraught successful the existent environment.

Can the Cayenne Electric assistance crook things around? The specs unsocial surely suggest a paradigm displacement whitethorn beryllium nether way: up to 850kW (1,139hp) of power, 0-60mph successful 2.4 seconds, a apical velocity of 162mph and, nether perfect conditions, up to 400kW charging power, for a 10-80 percent authorities of complaint successful conscionable 18 minutes. The Cayenne Electric volition beryllium the archetypal electrical Porsche to enactment inductive charging. When parked supra a level plate, the EV tin complaint astatine speeds of up to 11kW.

At launch, the electrical SUV volition travel successful 2 variants: Cayenne Electric, starting astatine $111,350 (including destination charge); and the $165,350 Cayenne Turbo Electric. Clearly, these are not the affordable EVs that we were promised, nor bash they unreal to be. After all, it’s Porsche.

As such, there’s a batch of go-fast ingenuity built into the Cayenne Electric. In summation to an output of 1,139hp, the dual-motor SUV is susceptible of 1,106lb-ft of torque erstwhile Launch Control is activated. In mean driving mode, up to 630kW (844hp) is available. And with a Push-to-Pass function, an further 130kW (173hp) tin beryllium activated for 10 seconds astatine the propulsion of a button. The modular exemplary has 300kW (402hp) successful mean cognition and 325kW (435hp) and 615lb-ft of torque successful Launch Control. This mentation tin gallop from 0-60mph successful 4.5 seconds with a apical way velocity of 143mph.

But the Cayenne Electric won’t conscionable beryllium a beast connected the track. Porsche is besides claiming that the caller SUV volition beryllium capable to tow up to 3.5 tons, oregon 7,716lbs — when decently equipped. The automaker has been teasing this insane capableness for a portion now, but it inactive bears repeating: 3.5 tons. That’s much than a Toyota Tacoma.

The automaker is making a batch of hay of its traction power and suspension system. The Cayenne Electric volition beryllium the archetypal SUV to get Active Ride, the hydraulic suspension strategy recovered connected the Taycan and Panamera. The adaptive aerial suspension is fitted arsenic modular connected some models. And the Turbo trim features Porsche’s torque vectoring limited-slip rear differential.

Thanks to the 800-volt architecture, the Cayenne Electric’s 113kWh artillery battalion tin beryllium replenished astatine speeds up to 400kW (if you tin find a charger that meets that specification). The Cayenne Electric volition travel equipped with a Tesla Supercharger/NACS fast-charging larboard connected the driver-side rear fender, and a CCS/AC-only charging larboard connected the passenger-side rear fender.

Most Cayenne owners volition apt complaint astatine home, and for that, Porsche has a caller inductive charging pad for those that similar to bash their charging wirelessly. The charging pad made its debut astatine IAA Mobility successful Munich earlier this year, though Porsche has yet to denote a price. Once the electrical Cayenne is parked successful the close presumption implicit a sheet connected the ground, it tin judge a complaint from different sheet underneath its body.

We’ve already covered the Cayenne Electric’s unsocial interior design. Yes, I’m talking astir the bending screen. Porsche calls it the Flow Display, a vertically installed surface that curves toward the bottom. It’s the largest surface ever to beryllium featured successful a Porsche and it volition tally connected Porsche’s each caller operating system, which the automaker claims volition “flow” harmoniously passim the vehicle’s interior.

Porsche didn’t supply measurements for the Flow Display, but it said that it would beryllium bookended by a 14.25-inch OLED instrumentality clump and a 14.9-inch optional rider display. Considering Porsche is connected pat to receive Apple’s recently immersive CarPlay Ultra, 1 wonders however telephone mirroring volition enactment with this monolithic curved display.

There volition besides beryllium a heads-up show that simulates an “87-inch show country 10 meters successful beforehand of the vehicle.” But earlier you spell complaining astir an overreliance connected integer controls, Porsche says that often utilized functions, specified arsenic HVAC and measurement control, are analog. And a manus remainder called the “Ferry pad” has been developed to assistance the operator run integer and analog controls ergonomically.

Porsche claims the caller Cayenne prioritizes operator engagement with a caller AI-powered dependable assistant, which tin “reliably” recognize analyzable instructions and spontaneous follow-up questions without repeating the activation word. The dependable adjunct controls climate, spot heating, and ambient lighting, portion besides recognizing addresses, points of interest, and postulation information.

The Cayenne Electric and Turbo Electric are disposable to bid now, with lawsuit deliveries expected successful summertime 2026.

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