Key Points
- The 2026 Porsche Cayenne Electric is the most powerful production Porsche ever, with up to 1,139 horsepower and 1,106 pounds-feet of torque.
- The Cayenne Electric also offers inductive charging capability.
- Pricing will start at $111,350 (all prices include $2,350 destination charge).
One thousand one hundred and thirty-nine horsepower.
What pops into your mind when that four-figure output bounces around your noggin? The latest hypercar? A big-turbo Toyota GR Supra? Maybe a blown Lexus LS? Oh, please — that is so 2015. These days, I’m surprised the Honda CR-V’s power rating doesn’t start with a four at the very least given the many thousand-horsepower all-electric sedans that crawl our mall parking lots. And now, an electric SUV joins these ranks — the 2026 Porsche Cayenne Electric. Welcome to the most powerful production Porsche in history.
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Supercar Performance
- Takeaway: The 2026 Porsche Cayenne Electric will be available in two trim levels, with the top Turbo variant offering a 2.4-second 0-60 mph time.
If we go by official figures, the Cayenne Electric Turbo is the most powerful Porsche in history, full stop. The legendary 1973 917/30 Can-Am race car pulled “around” 1,100 hp from its turbocharged 5.4-liter flat-12 engine in race tune, but exposition and qualifying tunes were rumored to crest 1,500 hp. So for now, you can fantasize about matching Mark Donohue horse for horse when you’re stuck in your kid’s carpool line.
That’s the real secret here. The relative banality of this excess — 1,139 hp and 1,106 pounds-feet of torque with launch control, plus five seats, leather, massive screens, a panoramic moonroof, air suspension, a terrain mode and enough cargo space for a family road trip. And road-trip you will considering its massive 113-kilowatt-hour battery and 800-volt architecture allows for a 400-kilowatt peak DC fast-charging rate under ideal conditions — enough zap to breach the vaunted 10%-to-80% state of charge in “less than 16 minutes.”
I love me some ridiculous charge rates, but the Cayenne Electric’s new inductive home charging method is “simple” in execution yet sci-fi in concept. After installation, simply drive your new electric SUV over the floor plate, and you’ll enjoy 11 kW of wireless charging. Porsche is not ready to discuss pricing of this inductive charging kit, but you can expect the tech to bleed through the rest of Porsche’s EV lineup in the coming years.
We’re not privy to range figures yet, but my expectations place it somewhere in the high 300-mile range for non-Turbo trims. Speaking of, the Cayenne Electric launches in two trims: the mononymous Cayenne Electric and the Cayenne Turbo Electric. The base trim comes standard with dual motors good for a total of 402 hp in regular driving conditions and up to 435 hp and 615 pounds-feet of torque during a temporary boost, enough for a 0-60 mph time of 4.5 seconds. Both trims come standard with adaptive air suspension, Porsche Active Suspension Management and Porsche Traction Management, and they can be optioned with rear-wheel steering and the very trick Porsche Active Ride system.
The Turbo is a different beast. Beyond its stunning 2.4-second 0-60 mph scramble and 9.9-second quarter-mile time, you get more of everything. Bigger brakes, more aggressive suspension tuning, revised steering — you’ve heard all of this before. Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus is also standard, as is an oil cooling for the motor on the rear axle, tech pulled directly from Porsche’s Formula E efforts.
A Taycanized Cayenne
- Takeaway: Outside, the 2026 Porsche Cayenne Electric has a muscular profile and retractable aero blades out back. Inside, the electric SUV features a digital dashboard and minimal physical buttons.
This is all stuff I’ll get a chance to experience later after our first drive, but I got a solid hands-on exposure at the studio preview of how the new Cayenne Electric feels inside and out. First up, it looks almost exactly as you’d imagine a Taycanized Cayenne would appear based on our experience with the Macan Electric, though it’s unexpectedly more conventional in some ways while more radical in others.
The lack of a front grille is the first thing you’ll notice on both trims, with the second being the Turbo’s gloss-black contrast wrap-around trim on the lower portion of the body. The Turbo cuts quite a muscular profile, significantly more battlewagon-like than its gas-powered counterpart. The Turbo’s wheel design is nicely aggressive, and the extensive use of the brand’s Turbonite color motif works well.
Around back, twin retractable aero blades extend from either side of the rear bumper, just behind the wheels. The visual effect is significant, and aside from the gains in both aerodynamic and range efficiency, these deployments will no doubt pull more than a few phones from passenger’s pockets on the highway.
The Cayenne Electric’s cockpit is not entirely dissimilar from the Macan Electric, though the center console structure and incredible curved organic light-emitting diode infotainment screen must be seen to be believed. Early previews and tech demonstrations mean this display isn’t a complete shock, but using it is … well, it’s less exotic than I expected. Outside of the initial marveling at the seamless scroll and integration, it’s not a complete departure from Porsche’s past user experiences.
Porsche built a brand on analog, but there’s nothing analog about the Cayenne Electric. Physical controls are kept to a bare minimum, with clicky toggles for fan speed and air temp, while a single roller in the lower center of the console manages volume. Everything else is either touch-capacitive or embedded in the screen; this SUV embodies the idea of a software-defined vehicle.
Driver functions are engaged via a 14.25-inch digital gauge cluster, while an optional 14.9-inch passenger screen adds another line to the death spiral of our collective attention spans. Materials are primo and upholstered appointments are taut and of the highest, sportiest quality — typical Porsche — while presentation is as chic as a top-tier fintech campus in Zurich.
Two small things stood out in person. First, the Cayenne Electric retains — praise be! — real door handles in place of those electronic button handles that can occasionally prove frustrating and alienating with frequent use. Additionally, I came away impressed with the front and rear occupant space; the EV’s flat floor and airy roof dimensions were a welcome experience against other two-row crossovers in (and out of) this segment.
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Release Date and Pricing
From every angle, the new 2026 Porsche Cayenne Electric is a lot of vehicle — and it’ll cost you a requisite amount of cash. The base SUV starts at $111,350, jumping to $165,350 for the Turbo. If that’s too big of a pricing gulf, worry not: I’m sure a 4S, GTS and Turbo S are approaching at the speed appropriate of 800-hp electric super-SUVs.
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