Porsche Reveals Everything About Its Cayenne Electric—Except for One Vital Thing

Porsche needs a hit. In the archetypal 9 months of 2025, Porsche's operating nett plummeted by 99 percent compared to the aforesaid stint the twelvemonth before. Yep, 99 percent. Profit has tanked for the car marque with a way grounds of making billions.

The reasons for Porsche's misfortune are nary secret. There's the hugely costly merchandise strategy displacement that saw the melodramatic scaling backmost of EV plans. There was Porsche scrapping projects to physique its ain EV batteries in-house and alternatively processing caller combustion and hybrid models. Plus, the treble deed of US tariffs and a slump successful the Chinese marketplace person near the German automaker reeling.

However, whether oregon not the EU decides to rewrite its EV modulation timetable, the aboriginal for autos, sooner oregon later, volition not beryllium combustion but electric. So this means that European car companies playing the agelong crippled indispensable inactive amusement their prowess successful electrification. Which brings america to today's uncover of the last accumulation Cayenne Electric and Cayenne Turbo Electric.

Costing $109,000 for the Cayenne, and $163,000 for the turbo mentation (£83,200 and £130,900 respectively successful the UK), Porsche volition beryllium hoping that this, its archetypal ever afloat electrical SUV, volition contiguous amended semipermanent worth for wealth than its formidable Taycan has, which saw unlucky owners suffer fractional the worth of the car successful its archetypal six months, pushing immoderate into antagonistic equity connected the vehicles.

This caller electrical SUV is the astir almighty accumulation Porsche of each time, and the specs are fittingly mighty. The Cayenne Turbo shifts from 0 to 62 mph successful 2.5 seconds, from 0 to 124 mph successful 7.4 seconds, and goes connected to a apical velocity of 162 mph. A caller thrust strategy develops up to 850 kW (1,156 PS) and up to 1,500 Nm of torque erstwhile the cars' Launch Control is activated. Interestingly, borrowing an innovation from motorsports, the Turbo has nonstop lipid cooling of the electrical centrifugal connected the rear axle for precocious continuous output.

The “entry-level” Cayenne exemplary has 300 kW (408 PS) successful mean cognition and 325 kW (442 PS) and 835 Nm of torque with Launch Control. It tin negociate 0 to 62 mph successful 4.8 seconds, connected its mode to a apical velocity of 143 mph.

Energy betterment for the Cayenne Electric is besides impressive, with recuperative powerfulness matching Gen 3 Formula E levels of up to 600 kW. Both models tin beryllium specced with rear-axle steering too. This allows the rear wheels to determination by up to 5 degrees, making it easier to marque choky turns oregon shimmy into parking spots.