Cayenne EV early review

[chun]

Point of note:

• 4C/400kw charging ; up to 50% - 14min for 10-80%
• new infotainment system with curved screen
• 1000hp for the turbo
• 108kw battery - 500-600km of claimed WLTP range (estimation shown by car at 88% of 341km), less than BMWs latest offerings of 800km WLTP SUVs
• expected price of 180k+ for a turbo
• While the Macan EV is using an Audi platfom, for the Cayenne, Porsche took that platform and redevloped it to make it their own - resulting in the greater power delivery
• using oil cooling on the stator, same as Mission R car
• stupid looking active aero bits

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[chun]

 

[Vercingetorix]

Anybody who calls active aero bits stupid looking doesn’t get the point of active aero bits.

 

[chun]

Anybody who calls active aero bits stupid looking doesn’t get the point of active aero bits.

Ok I do get the point, they just look ridiculous, even more ridiculous on a tank of a car

But please, do explain me the point of them, I am sure they will suddenly change how they look just because they are useful

Let’s not forget that cars are not only an engineering playground, and design matters - it’s what Mercedes found the hard way

 

[JayGT4]

Anyone considering adding the Cayenne EV to your garage? Or even replacing the Taycan with it?

 

[Panther1]

Yes, I’m considering replacing my gen 1 Taycan with the Cayenne EV

 

[Bennachie]

Why o why have they gone for LG Pouch cells again? I hope they have insisted on better LG quality control..................Ok they tesselate better and aid packaging..........................

 

[Boss Hogg]

looks good, hope some of the new tech ends up in the next gen Taycan: 400kW charing (helped by top+bottom battery cooling), 600kW regen, 113kWh battery (gross, 108 nett), oil cooled rear motor, curved (vertically) central screen, new PCM software, active aero.

 

[BjörnfromHamburg]

It for sure will by the time, the J2.1 comes.
Probably new cells by then, too.
And newest gen of PCM, indeed working.

 

[B61]

Maybe… someday… 2028/29

 

[rolfbesard]

Anyone considering adding the Cayenne EV to your garage? Or even replacing the Taycan with it?

Yes, J2 Taycan Goes on sale…. Fantastic car but getting 50 years so need to move to an SUV

 

[B61]

I’m 64 yo, with 195cm, keeping taycan for another 3years, maybe even more

 

[Flying ace]

Anyone considering adding the Cayenne EV to your garage? Or even replacing the Taycan with it?

yes. This is a good candidate to replace my Taycan. For the family car, we came from a X5, so Taycan wagon is a bit tight for some scenarios. I'll also consider any BMW EV SUV alternative at the time and the Rivian

 

[chun]

Here's some older article with leaked pics of the interior and the curved main screen and normal passenger screen: https://www.autoblog.com/news/2027-porsche-cayenne-ev-interior-spied

The screen behind the wheel seems to be slightly different also, with the sides of it having haptic pads with buttons rather than on-screen software buttons.

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