Porsche's most powerful production car

To arrive in mid-2026, the Cayenne Electric SUV packs up to 900kW of power and a 0-100kmh timing within three seconds

- Shreejit Changaroth

The dual-motor, all-wheel-drive electric Cayenne is expected to have around 600km of driving range. PHOTOS: PORSCHE

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The large sport utility vehicle (SUV) came to be Porsche's all-time bestseller with around 1.5 million units delivered to date.

So successful was the Cayenne that it prompted Porsche to create a smaller SUV, the Macan.

The large SUV was available with conventional petrol and diesel engines that powered all four wheels. Plugin hybrid versions were added later on.

Come mid-2026, the first fully electric Cayenne will arrive.

Ahead of the global unveiling expected later in 2025, The Straits Times takes a high-speed passenger ride in a prototype to get the lowdown on some of the car's technical highlights.

Porsche has declared the Cayenne Electric its most powerful production car. The dual-motor, all-wheel-drive electric car will have more than 800kW of power and at least 1,500Nm of torque. Around 66 per cent of that power comes from the motor on the rear axle.