Huge 850kW behemoth debuts: Porsche Cayenne Electric is coming to Australia with eye-watering $260,000 price

Porsche Australia has confirmed pricing and aspects of the original Cayenne Electric sooner than it goes on sale in the third quarter of 2026.

The vary begins from $167,800 sooner than on-road charges for the faulty Cayenne Electric grade, and scales to $259,900 in vary topping Turbo Electric guise. Pricing for the original Cayenne EV slots neatly between the combustion-powered Cayenne vary, which begins at $144,900 and scales to $376,200.

Each variants of the Cayenne Electric feature a 113kWh battery, 800-volt electrical architecture, and all-wheel drive.

The Cayenne Turbo Electric is Porsche’s most extremely efficient manufacturing model up to now, trumping the Taycan Turbo GT with vast outputs of 850kW and 1500Nm, when when put next with the flagship sedan’s 815kW and 1340Nm.

This permits the Turbo Electric to trip from 0-100km/h in a staggering 2.5 seconds, and even extra impressive, from 0-200km/h in 7.9 seconds.

While terror-fascinating, the Cayenne Turbo Electric can solely get entry to these vast outputs when the usage of begin care for watch over.

For day by day driving, the Cayenne Turbo Electric as a replacement produces 630kW. An extra 130kW is in the market for as a lot as 10 seconds through exhaust of Porsche’s ‘Push to Trail’ feature, bringing the total power output to 760kW for a short burst.

The faulty Cayenne Electric produces 300kW, climbing to 325kW with begin care for watch over activated. Sprinting from 0-100km/h takes a commendable 4.8 seconds. Porsche has yet to quote weights of the Cayenne Electric.

Opponents for the Cayenne Electric consist of the 380kW/910Nm Polestar 3 Lengthy Vary Efficiency ($159,620, sooner than on-road charges), while the vary-topping Turbo is nearer in ticket and punch to the BMW iX M60, which outputs 455kW/1100Nm and charges $233,400.

A prone rear shrimp-lope differential is suited for the Turbo, while elective Porsche Active Mosey negates body roll and improves car stability. Rear-wheel guidance is an option on each and every trims.

Curiously, each and every Cayenne Electric units offer a braked towing skill of 3500kg.

Porsche quotes mixed driving ratings of 642km WLTP for the faulty car, while the Turbo is a bit decrease at 623km for European-market specs.

Immediate DC charging from 10-80% is slated to take about 16 minutes, peaking as excessive as 400kW under sure conditions. AC charging peaks at 11kW, on the other hand, no cable is most considerable – the Cayenne Electric is able to wirelessly charging when parked above an inductive floor plate.

The Cayenne Electric is dimensionally connected to its combustion-powered Cayenne counterpart, measuring 4985mm long (+53mm over petrol Cayenne), 1980mm huge (-15mm), 1674mm gargantuan (+26mm), and riding on a 3023mm wheelbase (+128mm).

Unlike the Macan electric, Porsche claims the Cayenne Electric is now not going to usurp its combustion-engined and hybrid powered Cayenne siblings, but somewhat complement them.

The exterior of the Cayenne Electric is corresponding to its siblings, but distinctively EV, that contains slim matrix LED headlights, frameless doors, slim rear strip lighting, illuminated ‘PORSCHE’ badging, and 9 wheel designs which vary in size from 20 to 22 inches.

Inner, the Cayenne Electric is dominated by displays, with a 14.25-sail digital instrument cluster, elective 14.9-sail dedicated passenger touch show masks, and a mountainous zigzag multimedia touchscreen between them, which follows the heart console’s contours.

Assorted interior aspects consist of a heads up dispute with augmented actuality, privateness glass, 14-arrangement power adjustable front seats, and ‘panel heating’ which warms the front seats and broader contact surfaces at the side of the doors and armrests.

Porsche Cayenne Electric 2026 Australian pricing

Costs listed are sooner than on-road charges

• Cayenne Electric: $167,800
• Cayenne Electric Turbo: $259,900