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Porsche is pursuing the e-performance strategy with great consistency. Three hybrid models in the Panamera ensure partially electric driving in the Porsche style. In their range, they offer the right pairing of dynamics and efficiency for every taste. No other manufacturer offers three different hybrid variants in one series. But Porsche even goes two steps further with the Panamera 4 E-Hybrid, the 4S E-Hybrid and the Turbo S E-Hybrid: They are also available in three body variants. In addition to the normal Panamera, the electrified models are also available as a Sport Turismo or as an Executive with a long wheelbase. Guest author Fabian Mechtel traveled with the hybrids to try out their characters on himself.
Subtle finishing touches with a big effect
The revision of the style of the new Panamera may appear subtle at first glance, but its effect is nevertheless very present. The Sport Design front with the enlarged air intakes and the integrated light strips of the daytime running lights gives all variants a completely new dynamic. The now continuous strip of lights at the rear also ensures increased drama, especially at night - especially in combination with the new contours of the rear lights.
The true fascination is hidden under the long hood
The Porsche Panamera is – regardless of the body type and regardless of the engine – one thing above all: a sports car. And the heart of a sports car beats under the hood. The hybrid models add a few exciting ingredients. Because the central point of the e-performance package is the 100-kilowatt electric motor. It sits perfectly and invisibly in the PDK eight-speed dual-clutch transmission, where its 400 Newton meters of torque act directly and without detours.
The 136 hp (Panamera E-Hybrid models: combined fuel consumption (WLTP) 3,0 – 2,0 l/100 km, combined CO₂ emissions* (WLTP) 69 – 45 g/km, combined power consumption* (WLTP) 24,9, 22,6 - 100 kWh/45 km, combined electric range (WLTP) 56 - 48 km, urban electric range (WLTP) 56 - 2,8 km, combined fuel consumption* (NEDC) 2,0 - 100 l/63 km, CO₂ emissions* combined (NEDC) 47 - 22,8 g/km, power consumption* combined (NEDC) 17,0 - 100 kWh/17,9 km) high-performance electric motor, which is the same in all three hybrid models, is powered by an enlarged battery in the revised Panamera. Thanks to an update to more modern cell chemistry, the storable energy content could be significantly increased with the same battery size. There is now 14,1 kWh instead of 64 kWh before in the battery pack under the loading floor. That is enough for up to XNUMX kilometers of purely electric driving.
More intelligence in power management means better efficiency
The high practical range of the hybrid-powered Panamera is also the result of meticulous fine-tuning of the operating strategies. The large number of variables involved in the complex calculation is almost inscrutable for a layperson. With the four driving modes, however, you can easily preselect your drive preference on the steering wheel and the e-hybrid drive does the rest all by itself.
E-Power: whisper-quiet for everyday electric use
Every Panamera E-Hybrid starts its journey silently in E-Power mode, with the combination of electric motor and biturbo motor intervening fully automatically – for example when accelerating or when the battery charge level falls below the minimum. When driving, the driver receives haptic feedback from the accelerator pedal, which he can use to control the transition from pure electric operation to the hybrid combination: If the accelerator pedal is pressed more than halfway, idle travel begins, which signals that the maximum electric support has been reached and indicates that the combustion engine is about to start.
What sounds a bit complicated is simple and, above all, intuitive in everyday life. Thanks to the intelligent control, the use of the motors can be very finely dosed and you can easily drive the Panamera purely electrically without provoking the biturbo to help out. The purely electric everyday life is therefore no problem.
Hybrid car: maximum efficiency on all stages
If you drive longer distances, you will get the most efficiency out of the e-hybrid drive train in hybrid car mode. Not only the driving profile, state of charge, topology and speed are included in the calculation for the optimal operating strategy, but also the navigation data when route guidance is activated. In this way, the most efficient use of both drives can always be calculated on the basis of the real-time course of the route. For example, the battery is charged a little more on a freeway route if this is followed by a city trip where it makes sense to use the electric motor. This anticipation of the car is particularly remarkable, because the route calculation always accurately has the right amount of energy in the battery ready to end the journey in urban and residential areas quietly and emission-free.
E-Hold & E-Charge: the individual strategy with even more intelligence
You don't always drive with activated navigation. For example on the daily commute, or on other everyday routes. The Panamera E-Hybrid offers a clever feature with the E-Hold function that keeps the power supply at the current charge level and instead forces the use of the combustion engine. At the push of a button, you can use it again at a later point in time - for example when boosting or driving the last few kilometers of the route purely electrically.
The E-Performance models can even charge the high-voltage battery while driving. In the E-Charge function, all electrified Panamera shift the load point of the engine: the biturbo generates more energy than is required for pure propulsion and stores the excess in the battery. In order to ensure maximum efficiency in this mode as well, the battery charging strategy has been significantly revised compared to its predecessor. In the new Panamera E-Hybrid models, the battery is only charged up to 80 percent in E-Charge mode. Above this limit, not only does charging become more inefficient, there is also less memory left for any recuperation. So if a lot of energy were converted by driving downhill and hard braking, it might not have any more space and would remain unused. Valuable efficiency points are also collected here with the new charging strategy. Incidentally, the charging power in E-Charge mode of 7,2 kW corresponds exactly to the value of the optional on-board charger.
Sport & Sport Plus: if the name says it all
In Sport mode, the focus is on performance. Both engines work side by side to ensure the best driving dynamics. The energy management of the battery is designed so that there is always a reserve of stored battery power available for boosting. The Sport Plus mode goes one step further. This is about maximum driving dynamics, which is why the characteristic curves of all systems are being sharpened again. For example, recharging the battery with 80 kilowatts when the combustion engine is under partial load not only ensures the highest charging power of all operating modes, but also ensures that the target charge level of XNUMX percent is reached particularly quickly – so that the electric motor can provide maximum power in every situation. In Sport Plus mode, the Panamera E-Hybrids charge even faster than with the integrated onboard charger.
Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid: the sovereign
It is the entry-level model in the world of the electrified Porsche Panamera and, with its combination of 2,9-liter V6 biturbo and electric motor, offers 462 hp (Panamera 4 E-Hybrid: combined fuel consumption (WLTP) 2,5 - 2,0 l /100 km, CO₂ emissions* combined (WLTP) 57 - 45 g/km, power consumption* combined (WLTP) 24,4 - 22,6 kWh/100 km, electric range combined (WLTP) 49 - 56 km, electric range in urban areas (WLTP) 52 – 56 km, combined fuel consumption* (NEDC) 2,2 – 2,1 l/100 km, combined CO₂ emissions* (NEDC) 49 – 47 g/km, combined power consumption* (NEDC) 17,5 - 17,0 kWh/100 km) in the system network. Even more impressive, however, is the total torque of 700 Newton meters, which builds up like an invisible wall from 1.000 revolutions per minute. Especially in sport mode, the 4 E-Hybrid feels more than sovereign. It's as if he had hung the sail to the wind, pulling the large sports sedan forward with never-ending power.
It is not necessarily the reduction to bare numbers, but much more to this very special feeling of lightness. He doesn't have to make an effort, he simply shakes the irrepressible power out of his sleeve. You don't have to force him, and you don't want to, you just let him go. With a loose rein and, if necessary, always with an energetic intermediate sprint. The longer the route, the better.
Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid: the dynamic one
Like the 4 E-Hybrid, the 4S E-Hybrid relies on the combination of V6 biturbo and 100 kW electric motor (Panamera 4S E-Hybrid: combined fuel consumption (WLTP) 2,8 - 2,2 l/100 km, CO₂ emissions * combined (WLTP) 64 - 50 g/km, power consumption* combined (WLTP) 24,5 - 22,6 kWh/100 km, combined electric range (WLTP) 46 - 53 km, urban electric range (WLTP) 49 - 54 km, combined fuel consumption* (NEDC) 2,2 – 2,0 l/100 km, combined CO₂ emissions* (NEDC) 51 – 47 g/km, combined power consumption* (NEDC) 18,1 – 17,4 kWh/ 100 km), but the 2,9-liter machine is allowed to play more freely in the S environment. Instead of 330 hp, the six-cylinder has 440 hp and thus creates 560 hp in the system network. What would already be enough to trump his little brother in a quartet is also expressed in a completely different character on the street. At first they give little, but in the upper third of the speed scale the Panamera 4S E-Hybrid puts in so many coals that it tears your eyes open. The sprint value alone, 3.7 seconds to 100 kilometers per hour, without drama, without outcry, easily with full throttle command. Over and over again.
The first turn is then also the moment when you understand that you are really dealing with an exceptional drive. The harmony of both engines is impressive, you can tell that Porsche has years of experience in building hybrids, because it looks like it was made from one piece. Of course, an expert immediately recognizes that the initial punch, this performance explosion out of nowhere, can only come from an electric motor, but the takeover by the V6 biturbo is so smooth, so discreet and with such a fine increase that one is purely interested stay on the gas. And the further the needle of the rev counter rises, the more mercilessly the 4S E-Hybrid pushes on.
Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid: the measure of all things
As soon as the Turbo S E-Hybrid is started, it is clear that the electrified 4S has met its master. Of course you have to outsmart the top model of the series, because if you haven't clicked it into the sport position before cranking the control of the keyless start system, then your eardrums will be disappointed - in E-Power mode the V8 (Panamera Turbo S E -Hybrid: Combined fuel consumption (WLTP) 2,9 - 2,7 l/100 km, combined CO₂ emissions* (WLTP) 66 - 62 g/km, combined power consumption* (WLTP) 24,6 - 24,0 kWh/100 km, combined electric range (WLTP) 48 – 50 km, urban electric range (WLTP) 49 – 50 km, combined fuel consumption* (NEDC) 2,7 l/100 km, combined CO₂ emissions* (NEDC) 62 g/km , power consumption* combined (NEDC) 21,8 kWh/100 km) simply cold. In the S position, however, the four-liter engine comes to life with vigour. And despite all the wonderful stillness that the hybridization brings into the cosmos of the Panamera, it is still the noise that accounts for a large part of the emotions.
And the Turbo S E-Hybrid can make every variation of noise. From silent whispers to muscular growls to hard tremolo at the 6.000 mark when you push it all. The noises of the passengers are also interesting. At full throttle, they experience gears one to five firmly attached to the headrest. The top-of-the-range model enables physics tutoring in self-experiments at any time, because the relation between acceleration and mass inertia can be demonstrated at will. It is the sum of the talents that inspires. But here you also have to include the two E-Hybrid brothers. Because the range of properties is remarkable in all three models.
More than a compromise: the Panamera E-Hybrid models
Because the very nature of its lineage makes it clear that a Panamera has mastered the sports genre inside out. In addition, however, there are comfort and long-distance talents that are not inferior to any luxury sedan. The electric power boost of the E-Performance drive now provides a further dimension of talent. Whether purely electric in everyday life, with maximum efficiency on long journeys or with maximum performance in situations of maximum driving pleasure - it combines the best of these worlds. Because in this spread, no competitor comes close to the Panamera E-Hybrid. For that reason alone they are more than a temptation, they are a real hit. Three hits to be exact.
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