The Porsche Cayenne is an electric car. Not metaphorically, but literally: The new big boi performance SUV is now powered by electrons, and here’s the third version you’ll soon be able to choose from: the Cayenne S Electric.
It fits, according to Porsche, above the regular Cayenne Electric, and below the Cayenne Turbo Electric, making this—perhaps—the Goldilocks version. Goldilocks famously never had 537hp and a 0-100kph time of 3.8sec, but this Cayenne S sure does.
It’ll top out at 250kph, and Porsche reckons on a WLTP range of 652km. Like its siblings, the S also gets a 113kWh battery able to accept a 400kW hose, which means a 10% to 80% recharge time of just 16 minutes. Finding said hose will be the issue, of course.
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It’s a twin-motor drivetrain—one on the front, one on the back—that provides those 537hp, or up to 657hp with Launch Control. It uses tech from the Cayenne Turbo, like direct oil cooling for the rear motor (just can’t stop using that dino-juice, huh), the option of torque vectoring (PTV Plus), ‘Active Ride’ suspension, and monster carbon-ceramic brakes (PCCB).
Heck, there’s even ‘push-to-pass,’ which isn’t an underhanded way of getting past an angry staff-wielding Gandalf, but instead a button that unlocks 120hp of boost for up to 10sec.
Looks-wise, it’s...like a Cayenne Electric, only here it gets 20-inch ‘Aero’ wheels, and new front and rear aprons painted gray. There are 13 different body colors to choose from, along with various interior packs—like the two-tone green one pictured here—to take the Cayenne S Electric’s base price of £99,900 (around P7.96 million) up to wherever you feel most comfortable.
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NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
