2015 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid - Car and Driver (blog)
The Cayenne is a spicy-hot mix of luxury, off-road ability, and sports-car performance—just what you would expect in a Porsche SUV. The base model has a 300-hp V-6, while the S makes 420 hp and the GTS makes 440. both have a twin-turbo V-6. For fuel-economy fans, a diesel and a hybrid are also offered. Instrumented Test – 2015 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid When we climbed into this plug-in hybrid at our Ann Arbor offices and set out on a 50-mile drive home at rush hour, the instrument panel showed a full battery charge and an all-electric range of... That would be in what Porsche calls E-Power mode, the default at start-up and also selectable via a console button. Porsche says charging the 10. 8-kWh lithium-ion battery pack this way reduces fuel economy by about 20 percent, but only during the 20 or so miles it takes to pack the cells full of energy. After that, the car operates in ordinary hybrid mode, the electronics assessing the driver’s demands and the batteries’ state of charge to decide whether to use the 333-hp 3. 0-liter supercharged V-6, the 95-hp electric motor, or both. We traveled just over 15 miles on battery alone, through heavy congestion in town and then about 10 miles of interstate—the electric motor by itself provided plenty of thrust to merge onto the freeway from an uphill ramp at more than 65 mph... Source: www.caranddriver.com
