Porsche to offer wireless charging for its electric cars

Porsche has said that it will soon be offering wireless charging for its electric cars. The marque will be the first car manufacturer to bring an 11kW charging system with a one-box base plate for battery-electric vehicles to market maturity. One-Box means that apart from the floor plate mounted at the parking lot, there is no longer any need to install a wallbox or control unit.

The user-friendly Porsche Wireless Charging floor plate can be installed in a garage, carport, or open-air parking space and connected to the mains. As usual, customers can be supported by Porsche Installation Service: If ordered, an electrician will install the inductive floor plate and put it into operation.

The user-friendly Porsche Wireless Charging floor plate can be installed in a garage, carport, or open-air parking space and connected to the mains

To be able to charge contactlessly, hardware is also required on the car. Thus, the new Cayenne Electric will be the first model series to be ordered with optional Porsche Wireless Charging pre-installation and Porsche Wireless vehicle plate. Protected from stone chips and the effects of the weather, the receiver unit is in the underbody of the vehicle between the front wheels.

For the charging process, the Cayenne then only has to be parked above the floor plate. The contactless transfer of energy between the two charging units takes place over a distance of a few centimetres. To this end, the Cayenne lowers automatically. The base plate has a motion detector and foreign object detection. The charging process is automatically interrupted if a living creature gets between the vehicle and the floor plate or if a metallic object lies on the latter and heats up.

Porsche Wireless Charging is integrated into the My Porsche app, so that charging processes can be tracked, and several vehicles can be authenticated. A special view in the Surround View parking function makes it easier to steer the Cayenne to the optimal charging position. As soon as the parking position above the floor plate is reached and the parking brake is activated, the charging process begins. Customers don't need to do anything else. Convenience functions familiar from AC charging, such as timer charging with preconditioning, are also available for wireless charging.

With a maximum charging power of up to 11kW, Porsche has reached the level of wired AC charging with its contactless charging system

The new, all-electric generation of the Cayenne will be the first Porsche model series that can be ordered with the vehicle-side equipment. Also in 2026, sales of the floor plate will start at Porsche Centres and online in the Porsche Shop.

At the 2025 IAA Mobility in Munich, which runs from 9 to 14 September 2025, a prototype of the new Cayenne with fluorescent paint demonstrates the innovative technology. The world premiere of the new Cayenne Electric is planned for the end of 2025.