- Porsche reveals the towing ranking of the upcoming electrical Cayenne.
- It’s rated on the similar 7,716 lbs because the combustion variant.
- Richard Hammond was requested to exhibit its towing effortlessness en path to a hillclimb occasion.
If Porsche had known as me as much as do a video illustrating the upcoming new electrical Cayenne’s wonderful towing capability, you most likely wouldn’t have watched it. Fortunately, they requested former Prime Gear and The Grand Tour presenter Richard Hammond to do it, and he made it effortlessly entertaining to look at.
Hammond had a heavy-looking early-1900s automotive on a flatbed hooked as much as the again of the Cayenne EV, which he then drove to a hillclimb occasion within the UK. Whereas we’re not informed the precise weight of the automotive and trailer combo, it’s doubtless approaching the tow restrict of the electrical SUV, which is rated on the similar 7,716 kilos (3,500 kilograms) because the gas-burning variant.
In his DriveTribe video, he towed within the Cayenne on some typical British backroads, which embrace generally steep uphill and downhill elements, in addition to tight corners. This kind of highway rewards a pokey powertrain and good agility, and Hammond stated the Cayenne’s oomph made him overlook that he was towing one thing that heavy.
Porsche doesn’t say how highly effective the brand new electrical Cayenne will probably be, solely stating that it’s going to match the present range-topping combustion variant. That might be the Cayenne Turbo E-Hybridwhose plug-in hybrid powertrain pairs a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 with an electrical motor to make 729 horsepower and 700 pound-feet (950 Nm) of torque.
The Cayenne Coupe with that powertrain wants 3.5 seconds to hit 60 mph (96 km/h) from a standstill, however the EV will doubtless be even faster. Porsche says the brand new EV will probably be “a minimum of” as highly effective because the ICE variant (which is able to stay on sale alongside it), which implies it is going to doubtless be extra highly effective, and, as Hammond himself speculates (realizing how highly effective the Taycan is now), it wouldn’t be stunning if it had a four-figure peak energy ranking.
The rationale why Hammond drove the Cayenne EV prototype to the Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb was for it to have a go at breaking the occasion’s SUV file set by a Bentley Bentayga. Within the fingers of knowledgeable driver, the electrical car broke the file by over 4 seconds, and we’re additionally given an additional little bit of details about its straight-line efficiency.
They measured how rapidly the car coated the primary 60 toes (18.3 meters), which within the prototype’s case was 1.94 seconds. For reference, a Tesla Mannequin S Plaid was recorded at 1.52 seconds to 60 toesthough it was on a wonderfully stage drag strip. There seems to be a slight incline at first of the Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb, which can add a tenth of a second or extra to the time, so it’s not a direct comparability.
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The Cayenne EV must be able to sprinting to 60 mph within the mid-to-low three-second vary, so it must be marginally faster than the most popular combustion variant. Being constructed on the identical PPE 800-holt platform as the Macan EVits bigger brother might borrow its drive models. The spiciest dual-motor Macan, the Turbo, produces a mixed 630 hp, sending it to sixty in 3.1 seconds and on to 162 mph.
The identical powertrain will lead to a dash time nearer to three.5 seconds within the bigger, heavier Cayenne. However Porsche stated we are able to count on it to have a minimum of 730 hp, which might deliver it nearer to the three-second mark. Porsche is anticipated to start Cayenne deliveries subsequent yr with a beginning worth of round $90,000.
