Porsche Cayenne Turbo EV first drive: Most Powerful Porsche ever … is an SUV

This is a car review, not a home energy story, but here's the gist: Porsche's new electric Cayenne Turbo is a high-performance electric SUV starting at $163,000, with fully loaded versions running past $250,000. In everyday driving it makes 844 horsepower, and a launch-control mode briefly pushes that to 1,139 horsepower, letting it hit 60 mph in 2.1 seconds.

The more relevant detail for anyone thinking about home charging is the electrical system. The Cayenne uses an 800-volt battery setup that can charge from 10 to 80 percent in under 16 minutes on the fastest public chargers, though the reviewer only found slower 200kW chargers available in practice. At home, it can accept up to 19.2 kW of AC charging, which is well beyond what a typical home charging setup delivers — most household Level 2 chargers run at a fraction of that rate. There's also a wireless inductive charging option rated up to 11 kW.

The reviewer's overall take is that this SUV competes with hypercars on speed and handling rather than on value or efficiency, noting that rivals like the Lucid Gravity offer more range for less money and the Rivian R1S is a better value overall. For most homeowners, the takeaway isn't about this specific vehicle but a reminder that high-end EVs are increasingly built around very fast charging speeds and high-power home charging capability, which is worth keeping in mind if you're planning electrical upgrades for a future EV.