Initial test drives with pre-series Taycan between Los Angeles and San Diego showed that the new generation of the electric sports car has a total range of up to 587 km. The Taycan has thus impressively demonstrated its greatly improved long-distance potential. The practical test took place last week on Interstate Highway 405 and 5.
Porsche launches the extensively updated Taycan. The new model variants offer more range as well as shorter and more robust charging processes. During an initial range test from Los Angeles to San Diego and back, pre-series models demonstrated their further improved efficiency.
The all-electric sports cars covered up to 587 km on one battery charge on public roads. "For the particularly efficient Taycan sports saloon with the large battery, this practical, final test resulted in a total range of up to 587 km," says the Vice President for the model line Kevin Giek. "A great result. The range test in Southern California impressively demonstrated how efficient the reworked Taycan is. We are continuing to focus on our 'fast travel' strategy for electric mobility: short charging stops paired with high real-world ranges thanks to efficient drives."
The range test was carried out under everyday conditions. Twelve international media representatives drove four vehicles on three days on Interstate Highway 405 and 5 between the Southern Californian metropolises of Los Angeles and San Diego. The teams drove at the maximum speed of 75 mph permitted on interstates. This corresponds to around 120 km/h. All four test cars were equipped with the larger Performance Battery Plus.
The cars were charged at the Electrify
America Charger in Torrance/Los Angeles. Here, the Taycan demonstrated
over 300 kW charging power for many minutes and was able to charge from
10 to 80 percent state of charge several times in well under 20 minutes.
The charging performance, charging time and the time it takes to start
charging were also greatly improved in this test.
Porsche has
built almost 150,000 examples of the Taycan since the start of
production. The main individual markets for the model are currently the
US, the UK, Germany and China. The extensively revised Taycan will be
presented in a few days.
