Porsche Taycan News
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Witness the electric 2020 Porsche Taycan be unveiled via the livestream right here.
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Top Taycan to feature boost function lifting output above 700 horsepower
Thanks to an overboost function, the top Taycan variant will accelerate to 60 mph in under 3.0 seconds.
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Porsche Taycan electrifies at the 'Ring with 7:42 lap time
The Porsche Taycan set a new electric sedan lap record at the Nurburgring with a time of 7:42.
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Porsche Taycan interior partially revealed, Apple Music comes standard
Porsche has released a dashboard shot of the Taycan to highlight that it's the first vehicle with Apple Music integration.
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Porsche Taycan charging toward production after successful 24-hour endurance test
The Porsche Taycan averaged 88 mph over a 24-hour endurance test at its Nardo test facility, with average track speed of 121-133 mph.
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The Porsche Taycan can do 0-124 mph in under 10 seconds--repeatedly
Taycan owners won't have to worry about their cars going into limp mode, even after repeated jabs at the loud pedal.
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The Porsche Taycan electric car could outsell the iconic Porsche 911 in its first year.
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Rimac boss digs the Porsche Taycan
Mate Rimac builds electric supercars at the company that bears his name, but the Croatian executive says he likes the Porsche Taycan as well.
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2020 Porsche Taycan spy shots and video
The Porsche Taycan is now just months away from its debut, with the automaker confirming the covers will come off in September 2019.
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Porsche Taycan enters final test phase ahead of launch in September
The long awaited electric Porsche is making its final rounds at worldwide sites before it goes on sale later this year. Followup models are reportedly also in the works.
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Teasers suggest Porsche Taycan will look like Mission E concept
Porsche plans to finally reveal its first electric car, the Taycan liftback sedan, this September, but it teased the car ahead of time with several new images. We can't say for certain these teasers reflect the production car 100 percent, but we sure hope they do. If they do, it's the first time...
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Porsche Taycan to debut in September
Porsche announced on Friday that its Taycan will be revealed in September, which points to a debut at the 2019 Frankfurt International Motor Show on the same month. We'll remind you that it was at the Frankfurt show that the original Mission E concept was first shown four years ago. When Porsche...
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Porsche won't leave Taycan owners to their own devices when it comes time to charge their electric sedans on the road. The German luxury and sports car maker announced Monday that every Taycan will come with three years of free charging at Electrify America stations. The goal is to provide Taycan owners with a coast-to-coast charging network to rival Tesla's network of Supercharger charging systems. Electrify America is also part of the VW Group, set up after the automaker's diesel scandal, which makes the Porsche partnership a shoo-in. The "free" charging is actually built into the sale...
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Porsche Taycan performance model could be named Turbo, cost more than $130,000
The model names for Porsche's upcoming Taycan electric car will fit right in with existing Porsche nomenclature, according to a Wednesday tweet from automotive journalist Alex Roy. Roy posted the tweet and wrote about it on The Drive after receiving the information directly from a Porsche outreach...
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Demand for electric Porsche Taycan surging, CEO says they'll build more
Porsche hasn't built its first battery-electric car, the Taycan sedan, but it already plans to increase production. The German brand's CEO Oliver Blume told WirtschaftsWoche in a report last Friday that strong demand has led to increased production. Blume said the added production will be split...
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4 minutes is enough charge time to add 62 miles to the Porsche Taycan's range
The Porsche Taycan due out late next year will be among the first production cars with an 800-volt electrical system. It means the electric sport sedan will be able to take advantage of the new generation of high-speed, 350-kilowatt charging stations, which Porsche is already installing at some of...
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Porsche designed Mission E Cross Turismo with self-driving tech in mind
Porsche's Mission E Cross Turismo concept was the big surprise of March's 2018 Geneva auto show. It previews a potential soft-roader version of Porsche's upcoming Taycan electric sedan, and Porsche has been dropping hints that the Cross Turismo could make it into production at some point. Not...
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Porsche Taycan first specs confirmed: Over 600 horsepower, 300 miles of range
It’s been almost three years since Porsche made the announcement to put its Mission E electric sedan concept into production. In that time we’ve managed to glean very little information regarding the production version, which Porsche has decided to call a Taycan and will start producing...
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After installing the first of many 350-kilowatt, 800-volt charging stations in Berlin, Germany, last year, Porsche has begun erecting the so-called Turbo Charging stations at dealerships. The first dealership is the Porsche Center in Berlin-Adlershof. Four parking spaces feature the new chargers, which offer double the voltage over current DC fast-charging stations (400 volts). With the added voltage, Porsche's stations will charge any car with a Combined Charging Standard (CCS) in as little as 20 minutes with a 250-mile range. To ensure normal operation and safe transfer of energy, the new...
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Porsche teaches us how to pronounce Taycan
Dramatic music begins to play. The voice-over rolls in like thunder through verdant hills. A ballerina leaps through a dark space; she is power and poise personified. We've set the stage and now it's time to take a visual journey through a handful of Porsche models by way of a series of jolting...
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Porsche Taycan chosen as name for production Mission E
Porsche continues to prepare its assault on Tesla, and on Friday the German automaker announced the production version of the Mission E concept will be called the Porsche Taycan (pronounced "tie-con"). Likely to be unveiled later in 2018—possibly at the 2018 Los Angeles auto show—the...
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