Review: Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid - Toronto Star
Nominated for Canadian Green Car of the Year, the 2015 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid would have made a fine getaway ride for Dorothy (AJ Bridel) and Toto (Flynn) of Drayton Entertainment's The Wizard of Oz in Cambridge. Porsche has pulled ahead on the plug-in hybrid front, being the only company with three on offer — the Panamera S E-Hybrid sedan, this Cayenne S E-Hybrid and the 918 Spyder hypercar, which won’t give you much change back from a one million dollar... This E-Hybrid, with a starting price of $87,700 (that’s $3,200 over the gas-only 420-hp turbo-V6 Cayenne S) brings a combined 416 hp and 435 lb-ft from its Audi-sourced supercharged 3. 0L V6 and 95-hp electric motor, a range of up to 35 km on... So what’s the difference between a regular hybrid and a plug-in hybrid. And a significantly bigger battery pack — in this case a 10. 8 kWh lithium-ion battery over the old 1. 7 kWh nickel-metal-hydride unit. With its greater battery capacity and more powerful electric motor, it can deliver a modest amount of emission free driving before the gas engine cuts in. This Porsche differs from all other EVs I’ve driven in that after firing it up, you are not... Source: www.thestar.com
