2027 Porsche Cayenne EV Reveals Its Swanky Interior For The First Time

2027 Cayenne EV Faces The Weight Of Expectation

As is Porsche’s wont, the German automaker has been setting more records. A fortnight ago, it broke its own EV record at Road Atlanta with the mind-bendingly quick Taycan Turbo GT before setting two more with the equally astonishing Cayenne Turbo GT and Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid a week later. Whether fueled by gasoline or electricity, Porsches have a habit of exceeding expectations, and that’s exactly what the brand needs to do once more as it seeks to convince the world that the Taycan needs a big SUV brother. Fortunately, the Cayenne EV is already off to a good start and is making the rest of its family proud long before it even goes on sale, but more on that later. For now, let’s see how these new spy shots of the electric SUV compare to those of its gas-powered sibling, which our spies also spotted a month ago. This time, though, we can see inside.

Unique Styling Sets The Electric Cayenne Apart

Although they’ll share the same name, the Cayenne siblings won’t be identical twins. The EV has a fascia reminiscent of the one debuted by the Macan EV, itself an evolution of the Taycan’s design. That means more rounded headlights, while the gas Cayenne will retain sharper edges to its housings. It also means a blanked-off front end, with only a narrow lower intake grille. The combustion version, on the other hand, has large grilles with active vanes that will open and close depending on cooling and aerodynamic efficiency needs. Another obvious difference is this prototype’s choice of wheel, with covers helping make the car even slipperier through the air. Zoom out, and the entire vehicle seems softer and less angular than the gas Cayenne, and at the rear, a large diffuser panel (without exhaust tip protrusions, of course) is topped by another vaned trim element. This won’t be mistaken for a gas Cayenne, and that means that a (potentially) returning gas Macan wouldn’t look much like its electric sibling either.

Pictures Snapped In Weissach Reveal Cayenne Interior

Thanks to the engineers benchmarking this prototype allowing our spies to get closer than ever, we can now see inside the Cayenne EV for the first time. Were they just feeling exceedingly generous? Not quite. The electric Cayenne has already made a public debut of sorts, attending the British Hillclimb Championship’s Shelsey Walsh event in Worcestershire, United Kingdom. The vehicle was sent up the hill with no more than a vibrant wrap to mildly disguise its identity, and it casually broke the SUV record formerly held by a Bentley Bentayga W12, reported The Drive last month.

Related: Porsche will sell the current Cayenne alongside its EV successor beyond 2030

You can see that run below, but the point is that Porsche is intentionally exposing the Cayenne to the world in dribs and drabs, and the custodians of the prototype our spies found themselves in close proximity to have doubtless been informed by their superiors that it’s A-okay to let us see the analog clock atop the straight-edged and leather-lined dashboard. They’re fine with letting us see the slim vents flanking the hazard button, the (presumably optional) passenger display, and the curved driver screen. Happily, there is plenty of physical switchgear, too. Behind the screen that we presume will control the air-conditioning and other climate settings are two pairs of toggle switches and a scroll wheel. There’s also a flap hiding what is probably another bank of buttons, though we can’t be positive that these won’t be touchpads.

Further down, the model name is stitched into the center console, and this sits above a negative space that we assume will house sockets, USB ports, and wireless smartphone charging pads. Moving to the driver’s immediate view, we see the gear selector is housed alongside the driver display, as in the current Cayenne (and the Taycan and Macan EVs). Overall, it looks a lot cleaner and neater than the existing Cayenne’s interior and a notable step up from the Macan EV. Presumably, the gas Cayenne will adopt the same cabin when both are revealed before the end of this year. Deliveries of the EV are expected to begin sometime in early 2026.