Cayenne S EV added to Electric lineup

[Throb]

Just curious if anyone has been tempted to jump up to the S from the base order?

Personally, in the UK spec I can't see the justification for change (but that is just me).

In Dutch spec it's almost €20,000 to upgrade to the "S", and that's with the exact comparable spec. I'm a sucker for paying extra for things I don't need and buy cars with my heart rather than head, but despite that it's a hard "no" from me.

 

[KieranB]

That is where I am at. I can easily see the appeal, but not enough to justify the jump up for me.

 

[babylou66]

The S has red brake calipers and the base has black.

 

[babylou66]

Today I changed my order to the S because it will have enough power that I won't have to spend an extra $3k to chip it and now I get PTV.

 

[Fun TC Driving]

If a Cayenne EV would be our replacement lease for our current Macan EV Turbo, we would be getting a well loaded S. though passing on the PAR option…

 

[Moheisen(FirstEV)]

Today I changed my order to the S because it will have enough power that I won't have to spend an extra $3k to chip it and now I get PTV.

Did the delivery time change?

 

[babylou66]

Did the delivery time change?

Went from 14 August to 24 July but the order lock date moved from 14 April to 5 May. More time before lock but an earlier delivery seems impossible so I asked if transport time was baked in and they said yes.

I had to change dealers to do this because my original dealer still does not have an allocation for an S. I popped into a new dealer and they checked and were surprised they had two allocations and commented like they may have received them yesterday.

 

[babylou66]

S and Turbo list PMSM front and rear while the base only lists PMSM on rear without any mention of a front motor of any type. I thought the base used Macan S motors front and rear which are both PMSM. Is the base front motor an induction motor?

S has 400mm front discs whereas the base has 375mm discs.

In the USA the S weighs 91 lb more than base model. That seems like a lot for the slightly larger rear motor and bigger front discs.

 

[babylou66]

Then I find this:

 

[W1NGE]

S and Turbo list PMSM front and rear while the base only lists PMSM on rear without any mention of a front motor of any type. I thought the base used Macan S motors front and rear which are both PMSM. Is the base front motor an induction motor?

S has 400mm front discs whereas the base has 375mm discs.

In the USA the S weighs 91 lb more than base model. That seems like a lot for the slightly larger rear motor and bigger front discs.

Wheel and tyre size?
Standard spec higher in NA?

 

[CHP]

Wheel and tyre size?
Standard spec higher in NA?

Seems about right. Oil cooling, larger engine and inverter. Don't forget, the rear axel layout maybe different too (like base Macans couldn't have RAS).

 

[CHP]

Since we are on details, any information about 12V battery? Some assume that battery management/low voltage caused a lot of problems in the beginning.

 

[CHP]

Since we are on details, any information about 12V battery? Some assume that battery management/low voltage in Macan EV caused a lot of problems in the beginning.

 

[babylou66]

Base and S have same tire sizing and even same standard wheel style in USA. The rest of spec is the same.