To start, the supercharged 3.0-liter V6 from the previous Panamera Hybrid remains, and when mated to a completely redesigned electric motor, offers up 416 horsepower and 435 pound-feet of torque in total. That combined output comes courtesy of a 95-
HP electric motor — a substantial boost over the original Panamera Hybrid’s 47-hp electric mill.
More importantly, Porsche has ditched the old-school nickel-metal hydride battery pack, which was only good for 1.7 kWh of juice, and swapped it for a 9.4 kWh lithium-ion pack that’s more modern, more energy dense and lighter. That pack allows around 20 miles of all-electric motoring and can be fully charged in about two and a half hours on a 240-volt outlet.
As for the rest of the stats, the S E-Hybrid is good for a 0-60 mph run of 5.2 seconds (that’s faster than the Boxster), a top speed of 167 mph and can run all the way up to 84 mph without every ticking over the gasoline-powered V6. Porsche is also touting the plug-in hybrid’s electric boost mode, that provides an electrically-assist shove when you mash the gas, as well as a coasting setting at higher speeds that shuts down the engine and relies solely on electric power to maintain momentum.
