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Porsche crowns Cayenne Electric ‘most powerful production Porsche of all time’

2025-11-19T15:32:33-05:00

It's no surprise that the Porsche Cayenne EV is a beast. Of course the famed German automaker would tout its all-electric SUV as "the most powerful," the quickest - both off the line and in a charging stall - and record-setting in so many ways. The question remains: how beastly are we talking?

Now, thankfully, the Cayenne Electric is coming more into focus. Today, the new Cayenne is officially joining the existing lineup of gas and hybrid Caynne powertrains to round out what the automaker is calling "a new era for Porsche."

It makes sense that Porsche would be trying to turn a new page. After all, this is an automaker long touted as the e …

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Porsche’s electric Cayenne has so much screen they had to bend it

2025-10-01T11:31:21-04:00

The Porsche Cayenne Electric won't make its official debut until later this year. But in the meantime, the sports car maker is offering a hint of what's to come with a detailed look at the new EV's interior, including a curved OLED display that I think I can safely say is unique in the automotive world today.

Porsche is calling it the Flow Display, a vertically installed screen that curves toward the bottom. It is both the largest screen ever to be featured in a Porsche and also the most unique. It will run on Porsche's all new operating system, which the automaker claims will "flow" harmoniously throughout the vehicle's interior.

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Price hikes, idled factories, layoffs: how car companies are responding to Trump’s tariffs

2025-04-04T18:15:19-04:00

From Audi to Volvo

President Donald Trump's 25 percent tariffs on all auto-related imports have been called "a debacle of epic proportions" and a sure-fire way to tank the auto market by crushing demand. Analysts have been predicting everything from $12,000 per vehicle price hikes to the possible "Cubanization" of the US car fleet.

Now that they've had a few days to process the news, the automakers are starting to get their ducks in a row and make some moves.

Here's how each company is responding:

Audi

Now that the tariffs are in effect, the German automaker is holding all vehicles assembled in Mexico and overseas at US ports until further notice, accordi …

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Porsche’s next Taycan gets an infotainment upgrade — but no new CarPlay

2025-03-26T09:30:54-04:00

Here’s Porsche’s 2026 PCM setup. | Image: Porsche

Porsche is upgrading the infotainment in the upcoming 2026 model year Taycan, 911, Panamera, and Cayenne with "more responsive" software and features such as an Alexa personal assistant.

The 2026 Porsche Communication Management (PCM) will get the Porsche App Center introduced in the Macan Electric. It provides "direct access to a large number of apps" and a "wide range of services" that can run on the touchscreen. In an email with The Verge, Porsche spokesperson Calvin Kim said these new models run on the MIB3 architecture, first launched in 2022, and not Google's Android Automotive OS like in the Macan Electric.

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Porsche is holding on to gas cars for a bit longer

2024-11-26T19:57:14-05:00

Porsche is not ready to turn in its gas caps for charging ports just yet. The company reportedly plans to launch more internal combustion engine models due to a slowdown in EV sales, according to Automotive News Europe. The automaker's CFO, Lutz Meschke, told the outlet, "What is clear is that we are sticking with the combustion engine for much longer."

As Car and Driver notes, he also said there's a "clear trend in the premium luxury segment" that is leaning towards gas engines, and as a result, Porsche will "react" in its product cycle.

Porsche sells two pricey electric vehicles: the Taycan and the recently launched Macan. It planned to …

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Porsche to recall over 27,000 EVs in US over battery short circuit risk

2024-10-10T11:52:17-04:00

Porsche is recalling thousands of its Taycan electric vehicles over a possible short circuit risk that could cause a fire. The recall affects 27,527 Taycans built between October 21st, 2019, and February 1st, 2024, according to the NHTSA safety recall report.

The problem has been narrowed down to a cell block module in the LG Chem-produced batteries used in the Taycan. However, Porsche doesn't actually know which cars have the problem and says it can't get the analytics to check:

This recall (ARB6/ARB7) applies to a vehicle population for which Porsche currently has no positive knowledge that data anomalies exist in the high-voltage batter …

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Porsche fills out Macan EV lineup with rear-wheel drive model

2024-07-16T08:00:00-04:00

Porsche announced a new rear-wheel drive version of the forthcoming Macan electric SUV, as well as a higher-powered, lighter-weight 4S model. Porsche said deliveries are expected to begin later this year.

When it was announced earlier this year, Porsche said the Macan EV would come in two trims: the Macan 4 and the Macan Turbo, both of which sport dual motors for all-wheel drive. The company is now adding two more versions in the hopes of widening its appeal.

The RWD Macan will only have one motor located in the rear axle. It's the same motor as the one used in the Macan 4, with an output of 250kW, or 335 horsepower. Porsche says it will u …

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Porsche’s first hybrid 911 ‘deeply’ integrates CarPlay, but not the next-gen kind

2024-05-28T12:35:48-04:00

Porsche has announced the 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, its first hybrid electric model, a car that it says can go from zero to 60mph in 2.9 seconds and tops out at 194mph.

There's also some new tech in the dash, including an all-digital instrument cluster on a 12.6-inched curved display that now shows information from CarPlay, which it says is "integrated more deeply into the vehicle."

But Porsche's "all-digital cockpit" doesn't appear to be the next-generation wireless CarPlay that Apple announced in 2022 and that both Porsche and Aston Martin recently said would be coming first to their cars. Porsche spokesperson Frank Weissman told The …

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Porsche Taycan Turbo GT sets new lap record at Laguna Seca

2024-03-11T11:26:47-04:00

Porsche likes its lap records, whether at Nürburgring in Germany or Laguna Seca in California. These records mean a lot to the German automaker, so much so that it occasionally makes up new ones just to break them.

The latest record is no fabrication, though. Porsche needed something to boast for its model expansion for the Taycan electric sedan, so it brought the Turbo GT and Turbo GT with Weissach package to the Weathertech Raceway in Laguna Seca to see if they could beat the lap record set by a Tesla Model S Plaid. And of course, they did. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't be writing about it right now.

It only took Porsche development dri …

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Porsche adds two new hybrids to its lineup of plug-in Panameras

2024-02-19T18:01:00-05:00

Porsche announced two new plug-in hybrid Panameras, as the German automakers looks to hedge its bets by offering a broader set of electrified options.

Late last year, Porsche unveiled the third generation Panamera, which included the Panamera Turbo E-Hybrid as the first of four Panamera E-Hybrid models that will eventually be offered. Today, the automaker is adding two more: the Panamera 4 E-Hybrid and the Panamera 4S E-Hybrid. The fourth model will be announced at a later date.

Porsche says it is responding to "significant demand for efficient and dynamic E-Hybrid powertrains" with the release of these two new variants. Indeed, hybrids ar …

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