New Porsche Panamera World’s first plug-in hybrid drive in luxury class

In the second generation of its Gran Turismo, Porsche is introducing the world’s first plug-in hybrid to the luxury class — the Panamera S E-Hybrid with 416 hp of system power. Along with this premiere, two luxurious Executive versions are making their debut — the Panamera 4S and Panamera Turbo — with an extended wheelbase will be available in left-hand-drive markets. In addition, an entirely new three-liter V6 engine with biturbo charging is launched with the new Panamera S and 4S.
The Panamera model range has been further extended and consists now of 10 derivatives, offering an even broader range between sportiness and comfort. New and further developed technologies have enabled fuel savings of up to 56 percent, while enhancing operating and driving comfort.
The new Panamera underscores its exceptional positioning with a more expressive design language based on the company’s latest sports car generations that are marked by tighter lines, more pronounced contours and newly shaped body elements. In short, the Porsche Panamera is even more efficient, sporty, comfortable and elegant.
The new generation Gran Turismo celebrates its world premiere at Auto China in Shanghai, which opens on April 21.
Panamera S E-Hybrid sets new standards in efficiency, performance and operating convenience.
The Panamera S E-Hybrid is a systematically advanced development of the parallel full hybrids with a more powerful electric motor, a higher-performance battery that supplies more energy and the ability to charge it externally from the electrical grid. The electric drive produces 95 hp, which is more than double the power of the previous model’s electric motor at 47 hp. It draws its energy from a newly developed lithium-ion battery, which at 9.4 kWh has over five times the 1.7 kWh energy capacity of the previous battery in nickel metal hydride technology. When connected to an industrial outlet, it can be charged within around two and a half hours via the integrated on-board charger and the standard Porsche Universal Charger (AC), and it can be charged in less than four hours when connected to a conventional household electrical outlet in Germany.
The Panamera S E-Hybrid exceeds the driving performance of the previous model by far.
The electric driving range of the Panamera S E-Hybrid was determined to be 36 km in NEDC-based testing. The distance may vary in real operation, since air conditioning and heating are deactivated in NEDC test conditions. A realistic all-electric driving range in everyday operation would lie somewhere between 18 and 36 km; under particularly favorable conditions it could even exceed this range. The Panamera with the new hybrid drive can reach speeds of up to 135 km/h in pure electric drive mode.
The acceleration time from a standstill to 100 km/h was shortened by half a second to 5.5 seconds. The electric boost function helps here, in which the performance of the electric motor boosts that of the combustion engine. It can be activated by a full kick-down of the accelerator pedal. The car’s top speed is 270 km/h. The parallel full hybrid concept developed by Porsche also offers “coasting” at higher speeds, which refers to free coasting with the internal combustion engine shut off and energy recovery by generating electricity.
All functions that are not specific to the hybrid drive are also available as options for the other Panamera models via the Car Connect smart phone app from Porsche. Car Connect as well as the Hybrid specific smart phone app are expected to be operational from Q1/2014, limited to the GCC markets, only.