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Porsche has introduced key battery particulars for the 2026 Cayenne Electrical forward of the all-new giant luxurious SUV’s official unveiling later this 12 months, and the headline information is greater than 563km of vary – and wi-fi battery recharging.
The unconventional new inside of the Cayenne Electrical, which is because of arrive in Australia in 2026, was proven in September and Porsche says the primary battery-powered Cayenne’s European launch will happen “in a couple of weeks”.
It’s already been the topic of a slow-release reveal marketing campaign, together with a camouflaged Cayenne Electrical prototype setting a British observe file on the well-known Shelsley Walsh hill climb in July, largely revealing its exterior design.
Based mostly on the 800-volt Porsche Premium Electrical (PPE) structure – additionally used for the smaller Porsche Macan Electrical launched in 2024 – the fourth-generation Cayenne has now been confirmed to return with a large-capacity 113kWh lithium-ion battery pack.
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This compares to an 111kWh lithium-ion battery within the Polestar 3 giant SUV, which supplied the longest vary of any EV in Australia (706km WLTP) till earlier this month with the arrival of the up to date Tesla Mannequin 3, which provides as much as 750km from an as-yet-unspecified battery dimension.
The Cayenne Electrical’s battery can also be bigger than the 100kWh pack within the Macan Electrical, which is already in native showrooms, was lately unveiled in scorching GTS spec for Australia, and has a most vary of 556km.
Porsche claims the brand new Cayenne will ship “greater than 563km”, which was achieved in media assessments driving at 113km/h or beneath, and says its battery may have a most DC fast-charging pace of 400kW – greater than any public charger at the moment accessible in Australia – because of a silicon anode and the automobile’s 800V electrical structure.
When charging at 400kW, it says the battery can take a 10-80 per cent cost in as little as 16 minutes, and that the charging charge persistently stays between 350-400kW as much as about 50 per cent SoC.
Porsche additionally says the pack may be recharged wirelessly at speeds of as much as 11kW, through an inductive floorplate charger it calls the Porsche Wi-fi Charging (PWC) system, which is but to be confirmed for Australia.
In automobiles fitted with the PWC, the Cayenne Electrical routinely senses the plate beneath the car to begin charging, which may be monitored by the My Porsche app.
Porsche says the wi-fi system is as much as 90 per cent as environment friendly as wired AC charging.
The battery additionally brings smarter packaging as a structural part of the Cayenne Electrical, with aluminium serving to rigidity and enabling a decrease centre of gravity for improved driving dynamics.
It incorporates 192 pouch-type cells in a extra environment friendly inner construction, equating to 12 per cent extra cells within the the identical space because the Porsche Taycan’s battery, with 86 per cent nickel content material claimed to enhance density.
Designed to routinely maintain the battery pack at its optimum working temperature, a cooling system named Predictive Thermal Administration continually displays the Cayenne’s energy pack.
As a part of its battery cooling protocol, it takes into consideration driving fashion, topography, and even upcoming necessities primarily based on sat-nav inputs and site visitors move.
In contrast to the Macan Electrical, which changed the petrol-powered mannequin, the Cayenne Electrical shall be bought alongside the present combustion-powered third-generation Cayenne in native Porsche showrooms, the place it’s anticipated to reach round mid-2026.
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