Porsche’s Wireless EV Charging Could Cost You $8,000

Wireless charging for EVs is here. But it's way pricier than installing a regular charging cable in your garage.

Porsche Wireless Charging

Photo by: Porsche

Iulian Dnistran

By: Iulian Dnistran

Sep 15, 2025 at 11:00am ET

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The electric Porsche Cayenne can be recharged wirelessly.
Porsche’s inductive charger sends juice directly to the high-voltage battery, circumventing the on-board AC charger.
It can output up to 11 kW, which is on par with traditional wired chargers, but you’ll have to pay up for the convenience.

Porsche made a usable wireless car charger that can be used to top up the batteries of the upcoming electric Cayenne. It’s not the first inductive car charger in the world, but Porsche claims it’s the first 11-kilowatt pad widely available to the public.

It’s really cool and convenient, but it will cost you. A representative of the German brand who spoke with Kyle Conner from Out of Spec Reviews at the IAA Mobility Show in Munich said that the wireless charging pad will cost abut 5,000 Euros ($5,885) in Germany when it goes on sale next year.

Granted, that includes VAT, but it’s still a lot more expensive than your average wired Level 2 EV charger. In fact, it’s almost ten times more expensive than the popular Tesla Wall Connector, which retails for 535 Euros ($630) in Germany. (In the United States, Tesla’s charger is listed at $420.)

That’s not all, though. The Cayenne EV also needs to be fitted with the necessary hardware to accept inductive charging, bringing the grand total of the system to just a smidge under 7,000 Euros ($8,240). That’s a lot of money for a system that allows Cayenne EV owners to just park their cars without worrying about forgetting to plug in. It’s expensive, but in Porsche world, it’s just another option among dozens of others.

Gallery: Porsche Wireless Charging

Porsche Wireless Charging

Source: Porsche

On the vehicle side, the receiver is liquid-cooled and sends DC power directly to the high-voltage battery, circumventing the on-board AC charger. Meanwhile, the floor-mounted transmitter is air-cooled. The efficiency of the system is 90%, according to Porsche, which is not as good as a conductive charger, which usually tops at 94%, but it’s still impressive for a wireless setup.

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Pricing for the U.S. is not yet available, but the system will make it here. "We do not have any U.S. pricing information for either the car, or its options at this time," a Porsche Cars North America spokesperson told InsideEVs. "We expect to finalize that shortly before the reveal later this year."

It’s just a question of how much it will cost and whether or not the vehicle hardware will be standard.

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