Liviu Marcus
You correctly indicate that the Porsche Taycan make a great buying choice. A few thoughts:
– The Porsche Taycan has for sure brought a totally new flavor to what we used to know as the traditional EV performance flagship and thus provided the competition that till the day before, was monopolized by Tesla. Its staggering speed, handling, and build quality have a lot of people to the point that they are singing its praises.
– At one side, Tesla still retains its specialness in length range, charging network, and advanced software/AI features. The range of the Taycan, even less than 300 miles, still falls short of Tesla’s models which can deliver more than 400 miles of range.
– For the Taycan model that in turn go beyond $100,000 are its highlights. Therefore, the ultimate power of the Model 3 comes to find a level with the most prestigious Tesla models on performance, but in a higher price category. Tesla, at the same time, continues to have the needed performance for affordable long-range EVs.
– The field is open for many to act well. More competition gives more opportunities for innovations for every member of the competition. The introduction of the Taycan will give impetus to Tesla also to pursue the betterment of their products. Aiming for such degree of excellence should bring the whole industry to the top level.
Thus, when summarizing oneself the Taycan is unbelievably amazing, though Tesla accelerates in the certain fields and sells the cars at the mass-market prices. Namely, competition has increased in this respect; however, this can be considered a positive outcome for customers who now have more available varieties.
The design DNA of Taycan is like a classic Porsche, the back side of the car is a compact version of Panamera with classic fender design snaking along the sides to the front; letting the drive know that they are in a Porsche!!! Taycan Turbo S produces 751 horsepower and 1050N-m of torque with a cap on top speed of 162 mph. The car has a power system of 800-volt which speeds up the charging and distribute optimal power in Taycan.
Here are some specs of the Porsche Taycan:
| Taycan 4S | Taycan 4s Performance | Taycan Turbo | Taycan Turbo S | |
| Battery | 390kW | 420kW | 500kW | 560kW |
| Torque | 640N-m | 650N-m | 850N-m | 1050N-m |
| Acceleration | 3.8sec(0-60mph) | 3.8sec(0-60mph) | 3sec(0-60mph) | 2.6 sec (0-60mph) |
| Range | 253miles | 288miles | 280miles | 256miles |
| Horsepower | 523hp | 563hp | 671hp | 751hp |
| Weight | 2140kg | 2220kg | 2305kg | 2295kg |
| Price | $103,800 | $109,370 | $150,00 | $185,000 |
Taycan is also a very safe car with some saying that it is an over-engineered EV packed with a lot of technology. Taycan scored 70% for pedestrian protection, 83% for child protection and 85% for adult protection. In addition to regular safety features other EV are equipped with these days, Taycan has enhanced night vision, rear-cross traffic alert and autonomous emergency braking system.
Tesla its main rival has been dominant in the EV market for some years now. Tesla latest performance variant of model S can do 0-60mph only in just 2.3 sec. Tesla recorded its famous Nürburgring(Germany) track lap time in 7 minutes and 23 seconds which is 19 seconds faster than the previous scoreboard leader Taycan which recorded the lap time in 7 minutes and 42 seconds in September last year.
Taycan is Porsche’s response to the performance EV market which has without doubt increased the bar for its competition. It is not the fastest yet but unarguably one of the fastest and best-looking performance EVs you can buy today.
2021 Porsche Taycan EV – Photo Gallery
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