Porsche is adding an all-electric Cayenne coupe to its lineup

Porsche will begin promoting an all-electric Cayenne coupe in late summer season, the most recent sign from the German automaker that it nonetheless sees market demand for EVs.

The Cayenne coupe EV — which has 4 doorways, not like a conventional coupe — will be a part of a number of different all-electric variants of the SUV when it comes to market later this yr, together with the bottom Cayenne Electric, Cayenne S Electric, and Cayenne Turbo Electric. Porsche does, in any case, love its variants.

And it could possibly be its most profitable. When Porsche launched a coupe model of its gas-powered Cayenne in 2019, it took only a yr for the sportier model of the crossover SUV to seize 20% of gross sales inside the Cayenne lineup. Five years later, the coupe variant accounts for 40% of Cayenne gross sales, in accordance to Porsche. In some markets, the coupe accounts for as a lot as 90%.

In different phrases, the numbers recommend that the all-electric Cayenne coupe is a worthy guess even with its six-figure price ticket.

The Cayenne Coupe Electric (because it is formally branded) received’t change its gas-powered or hybrid brethren, not like the Porsche Macan compact SUV, which can solely be offered as an EV after this yr.

The firm says the Cayenne coupe EV can be offered alongside the opposite gasoline variants properly past 2030, in accordance to a Porsche spokesperson. That might produce some worthwhile knowledge for Porsche on what taste of Cayenne coupe customers truly need to purchase — and whether or not this electrical variant proves to be its hottest. (The further entrance trunk house alone might affect some consumers, not to point out gasoline costs.)

None of these questions may be answered, nonetheless, till the Cayenne Electric, Cayenne S Electric, Cayenne Turbo Electric, and Cayenne Coupe Electric go on sale globally later this yr — about 9 months after the EV model was first unveiled.

When the Cayenne coupe EV does go on sale, it will likely be provided in three variants: the bottom model, an S coupe, and a turbo coupe. (If you suppose that’s rather a lot, go try what number of variations of its flagship Porsche Taycan EV exist.)

The Cayenne Coupe Electric begins at $113,800, not together with the $2,350 supply price. Prices rise from there with the Cayenne S Coupe Electric at $131,200, and the Cayenne Turbo Coupe Electric at $168,000. Consumers can, after all, spend much more by adding on choices just like the light-weight sport package deal, which features a carbon roof, efficiency tires, and motorsports-inspired inside options.

For that sort of cash, customers will get lots of horsepower and torque tucked inside a crossover physique with a sloping roofline that is paying homage to the long-lasting 911. All variants of the coupe EV include an 800-volt powertrain, air suspension, and a shared roof design that includes a new windshield and an adaptive rear spoiler. The Cayenne coupe EV is additionally geared up with the North American Charging Standard port, or NACS, that Tesla popularized, as in addition to an further AC charging port.

From right here, some specs change relying on the model a shopper buys. The base coupe EV generates up to 435 horsepower and 615 pound-feet of torque, with a high pace of 143 miles per hour and a zero-to-60 time of 4.5 seconds.

For those that aren’t glad, there are two extra highly effective choices that push these efficiency specs a lot increased. At the highest finish, the turbo model generates up to 1,139 horsepower and 1,106 pound-feet of torque — placing it up there with the Tesla Model S Plaid, Lucid Air Sapphire, and Porsche Taycan Turbo GT. The turbo model has a high pace of 162 mph and might journey from 0 to 60 mph in an eye-watering 2.4 seconds.

Porsche hasn’t launched EPA estimates for the vary these coupe EVs will ship on a single cost. But early real-world testing is in keeping with different Cayenne electrical variants, which is about 360 miles. Of course, if coupe EV consumers go for these bigger tires — which create extra rolling resistance, requiring the battery to work tougher — the vary might drop about 10%.