Porsche has started production of its Cayenne Electric model in Bratislava and has developed its own battery modules in-house.
The Cayenne is being manufactured on a line that also produces combustion engine and hybrid drive models. The automaker said this flexible production enables it to react quickly to changes in demand. The batteries are manufactured in the Porsche Smart Battery Shop in Horná Streda, which is located around 100 km northeast of Bratislava.
The battery features large pouch cells, and has a gross energy content of 113 kWh, enabling driving ranges of more than 600 km. It supports 800-volt fast charging. Two cooling plates cool or heat the high-voltage battery from above and below as required to help maintain optimal temperatures
The top-of-the-range Cayenne Turbo has an output of up to 850 kW, which the automaker said makes it the most powerful Porsche production model of all time.
“With the Smart Battery Shop, we are bundling decades of industrialisation experience with state-of-the-art battery technology—from cell processing to fully automated end-of-line testing,” said Markus Kreutel, Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche Werkzeugbau. “This end-to-end vertical integration gives Porsche control over the quality, precision and scalability of a key technology that will significantly shape our future.”
Source: Porsche
