Battery size: 14.1 kWh
Company car tax: 13%
Emissions: 73-81 g/km
Range: 25-27 miles (electric)
Fuel economy: 91 MPG
Pricing
The plug-in hybrid Cayennes don’t come in numerous trim levels. For just over £70,000 the E-Hybrid gets LED headlights, leather seats, two-zone climate control, a touchscreen with sat nav and Apple CarPlay, parking sensors front and rear and cruise control. Meanwhile the £123k Turbo S E-Hybrid gets Porsche’s Chrono pack (a dash mounted stopwatch and extra driving modes), Matrix LED headlights, air suspension and a multitude of extra gizmos to the car’s chassis to make it corner better. But then you’ll come across the online configurator and days of your life will disappear. Amazingly, white and black are the only standard colours with all others being optional, and you can spec different wheels and leathers for the seats and of course there’s the £300 charging cable...
Running costs
The E-Hybrid is around £11,000 more expensive than the basic, non-hybrid Cayenne V6 petrol. That’s rather a lot of money for only around 20 miles of electric range, so you have to make sure you charge up the E-Hybrid as often as possible to justify the extra initial outlay. But, as we all know, plug-in hybrids make very attractive company cars and with the E-Hybrid’s low 89g/km of CO2 (110g/km for the Turbo S) it can make for some comparatively cheap company motoring. MPG figures are impressive too – Porsche claims up to 72 for the E-Hybrid and 58 for the Turbo S. But those are just claims and remember that if you drive around with the batteries depleted you’ll be looking at around 20-30mpg at best.
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