Porsche - 2020

Porsche is researching high-performance batteries with silicon instead of graphite anodes in order to achieve an even higher energy density and better fast-charging capability. The new batteries will be produced in Europe and initially used in limited-production, high-performance vehicles and in customer motorsport. Porsche is also planning its own fast-charging stations along the most important European major...

17 March 2021

The Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo has just been unveiled as promised. It sports a new high-tech chassis with all-wheel drive and adaptive air suspension as standard that ensure uncompromising dynamics off-road. 36 mm more headroom for rear-seat passengers and more than 1,200 l of load capacity, loaded through the large tailgate at the rear, make the Cross Turismo a true all-rounder. The vehicle provides 560 kW of...

4 March 2021

The head of the Taycan model line, Stefan Weckbach, made an early presentation of the upcoming Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo. A lightly camouflaged vehicle is used for final testing a popular test route unveiling the long roofline and increased ride height last seen on the Mission E Cross Turismo Concept back in 2018. Mr Weckbach is behind the wheel. "With the Taycan Cross Turismo, we wanted to offer a little bit...

19 February 2021

The Porsche Taycan driven by racing driver Leh Keen has achieved 165.1 km/h inside an exhibition hall in New Orleans, Louisiana. In doing so, he set the world record for the fastest speed driven by a vehicle in an enclosed building. The former Guinness World Record for driving a vehicle indoors stood at 138.4 km/h for 7 years. The vehicle uses to set the new record was the all-electric Taycan Turbo S with all-wheel...

11 February 2021

Porsche has added a basic Taycan model that has a rear-wheel-drive system available with two battery sizes. The new entry-level model with the standard Performance Battery (79.2 kWh) offers up to 300 kW of power with the overboost mode, 28 kWh/100 km electricity consumption. With the Performance Battery Plus (93.4 kWh) and overboost mode this can be increased to 350 kW and 28.7 kWh/100 km electricity consumption...

20 January 2021

In 2019, Porsche has produced 1,386 Porsche Taycan units in 2019 and has delivered 813 of them. When production started in 2018, there were 240 units produced. In the first half of 2020, Porsche delivered 4,480 Taycan units, which is a staggering increase in deliveries despite the Covid-19 crisis which has caused an average of 40% drop in new car registrations in Europe in the first half of the year. "We see...

18 July 2020