If there’s a theme that carries throughout plug-in hybrids of every kind this yr, it’s that batteries are getting larger and electric-only driving vary is getting longer. 

With Porsche’s newest variations of the Cayenne E-Hybrid plug-in hybrids, you may wager on each of these enhancements, in addition to the pursuit of higher efficiency alongside the way in which. 

The 2024 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid that the German automaker introduced for the U.S. market on Monday will land proper between the V-6 Cayenne E-Hybrid and the V-8 Cayenne Turbo E-Hybrid variations in efficiency and worth. Together with the $1,650 vacation spot payment, that quantities to $100,750 for the Cayenne S E-Hybrid in its SUV physique type, or $105,650 in its curvier Coupe physique type. 

The Cayenne S E-Hybrid has a 348-hp, 3.0-liter V-6 plus a 174-hp electrical motor system packaged with an 8-speed computerized transmission. That makes a system output of 512 hp and 553 lb-ft (up from the E-Hybrid’s 463 hp and 479 hp), enabling a 0-60 mph time of 4.4 seconds (from 4.6 seconds), in accordance with Porsche. Additional, the quarter-mile time of 13.0 seconds is 0.1 second faster than the twin-turbo V-8 non-hybrid Cayenne. 

2024 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid

The S E-Hybrid, like the remainder of the refreshed Cayenne PHEV lineup, does certainly get a bigger battery pack this yr—25.9 kwh, versus the previous fashions’ 17.9-kwh pack. None of those fashions but have an EPA electrical vary score, however in a primary drive overview of the 2024 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid Inexperienced Automobile Reviews estimated a real-world electrical vary between 20 and 30 miles. Count on a major increase versus the earlier fashions’ EPA-rated 15 miles—in addition to, maybe, considerably higher mileage than the previous-generation V-6 Cayenne E-Hybrid’s 21 mpg mixed. 

Along with the larger battery, the Cayenne E-Hybrid fashions all get an 11-kw onboard charger, which permits a full cost of the plug-in hybrid’s battery pack in about 2.5 hours. It doesn’t, just like the 2024 Mercedes GLE 450e, embrace DC fast-charging, however it’s probably to offer a extra targeted driving expertise than the 2024 BMW XM. 

Customary gear on the S E-Hybrid contains an adaptive air suspension with two-chamber, two-valve tech permitting a wider vary of efficiency or consolation, in addition to eight-way energy entrance seats, a steering-wheel mode swap, stainless-steel pedal pads, and Apple CarPlay. Porsche says that by way of the My Porsche app it’s the primary automaker to permit entry to extra automobile capabilities inside CarPlay—maybe corresponding to the improved Apple Maps route planning within the Taycan.