Hardware to enable wireless charging will need to be added to the Cayenne EV – though Porsche says this can be installed at Porsche Centres. There’s also a lowering function for the Cayenne EV to ensure the distance between the charging pad and the battery stays at a minimum, with Porsche stating the efficiency level of the charge can reach up to 90 per cent.
In terms of safety, the floor plate (which weighs 50kg) has a motion and foreign object detector. Porsche says charging will end if a “living creature” or “a metallic object” lies on the plate and “heats up”, which sounds mildly concerning.
With an 11kW maximum speed, we don’t expect wireless charging to replenish the Cayenne EV’s massive 112kWh battery quickly. Although when plugged into a rapid charger, Porsche says the car is able to take on a 400kW charge. That’s enough for a 10 to 80 per cent top up in 15 minutes.
Porsche Cayenne Electric: positioning
The Porsche Cayenne EV is set to arrive in the coming months, and when it does there will be Coupe and SUV bodystyles to choose from – the latter of which Auto Express has already driven in prototype form.
The current Porsche Cayenne is priced from over £77,000 and you can currently get three-year old models from around £55,000 through our Buy A Car service. With the Smaller Porsche Macan Electric starting from just under £70,000, it’s certain that the new EV Cayenne will push those prices closer to the £100,000 mark.
The electric Cayenne won’t replace the existing ICE-powered model, but will sit alongside it in the Porsche range, giving customers plenty of choice.
The range will kick off with entry-level 4 and high performance Turbo variants. These will differ in their powertrains, but they’ll also look quite distinct from one another. New images of the base Cayenne show it featuring almost no camouflage, giving us a great idea of what the production version will look like.
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