Porsche - 2020

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

The 2020 Porsche Taycan 4S is available at US dealers as of today joining the Taycan Turbo and Turbo S. Klaus Zellmer, President and CEO of PCNA commented: "The new Taycan 4S sits right at the heart of our electrified model line-up, delivering the effortless performance and engaging dynamics expected of a Porsche sports car with the space and connectivity that make it viable for everyday use. Even in these...

17 April 2020

Porsche has launched in Leipzig Europe's most powerful rapid-charging park called Porsche Turbo Charging. The total capacity of the Saxon facility, which includes six internal quick charging points, is seven megawatts and it is operated entirely with electricity from renewable energy sources. It includes 12 DC charging points with 350 kW (DC) and 4 AC charging points with 22 kW. The current pilot phase is running...

20 February 2020