If you managed to wrangle a ticket to the Goodwood Festival of Speed over the weekend you might have wondered about that camouflaged SUV racing up the hill might have been. A closer glimpse at the Porsche decal was your first hint: the all-electric version of the Cayenne soon set to join the German automaker’s line-up. Here’s more from Headlight.News.
Driver Gabriela Jílková set a record during her run up the Goodwood Hill Climb,.
One of the first luxury brands to enter the EV market, Porsche is getting ready to roll out several other all-electric models – despite the fast-declining demand for the original Taycan sports car.
Anyone on hand for Britain’s annual Goodwood Festival of Speed over the weekend had the chance to catch a glimpse of what will be the automaker’s next all-electric model launching up Goodwood Hill.
Bedecked in purple camouflage, the Porsche Cayenne Electric will go on sale next year – though it will no longer replace the original, gas-powered SUV. Instead, they will be sold side-by-side for at least the following four years, the automaker has confirmed.
What we know
The Porsche Cayenne Electric will be sold at the same time as a new version of the gas model.
Porsche has been select in revealing details about the Cayenne Electric. In a release following the Goodwood Hill Climb it noted that the EV will have a maximum towing capacity of 7,716 pounds.
And with Gabriela Jílková, simulator and development driver for the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, behind the wheel, it beat the previous record launch up Goodwood Hill by a full four seconds. At 31.28 seconds, that was the sort of number otherwise achieved only by single-seat sports car with track tires.
‟The course is challenging and does not forgive mistakes,” Jílková said after her run. ‟There are no run-off zones and little room for correction. But the active suspension gives the new Cayenne enormous precision. I felt completely confident at all times.”
That suggests Cayenne Electric will get a version of today’s Porsche Active Ride, a system currently found in the Taycan and Panamera. In those two products it’s capable of changing damper setting anywhere from stiff to soft as frequently as 13 times a second.
Most powerful Cayenne ever
The Cayenne Electric is expected to be the most powerful version of the SUV ever.
We’ll have to wait for official powertrain numbers.
That said, Richard Hammond, a former co-host of “Top Gear” recently reported that the Cayenne Electric will be the most powerful version of the SUV ever, topping even the 729-horsepower Turbo E-Hybrid. That probably shouldn’t come as a surprise as it will go up against a growing assortment of electric SUVs making absolutely crazy numbers, like the new Rivan R1S Quad-Motor package delivering 835 hp.
Hammond also echoed earlier reports indicating the Cayenne Electric will be slightly larger than the gas model. If so, that should yield a cavernous interior considering the battery-powered SUV will ride on a skateboard-like platform. By mounting the battery pack and motors under the load floor that will free up at least some space normally dedicated to the passenger compartment. That said, the EV’s nose doesn’t look much smaller than what’s up front on today’s Cayenne. Whether that means we can expect a large frunk remains to be seen.
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Debut plans
The Cayenne Electric was expected to start at just over $80,000. But prices could rise sharply due to Trump’s import auto tariff.
We’ll get a better look at the new Cayenne Electric in Munich this autumn at the IAA Mobility Show. ‘Porsche will not only showcase the prototype there,” the automaker said from Goodwaood, “but also present a technical innovation set to help shape the future of fully electric driving—and make it even more comfortable.’
That will remain a prototype. A production version of the electric SUV is expected to be revealed in the U.S. – its largest market – before year-end.
Early plans indicated the Cayenne Electric would replace the gas model. They’re now going to be built simultaneously through at least 2030. And, considering the changing shape of the global EV market, whether the ICE-powered package lives on a bit longer is anyone’s guess. What’s clear is Porsche is carefully rethinking all of its EV plans considering the sharp plunge in demand for Taycan. Global sales tumbled 49% last year and were off another 6% during the first half of 2025.
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