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How do you make a good electric car even better? We asked this question to Kevin Giek, head of the Porsche Taycan series. “We wanted to make the current Taycan more suitable for daily use and more efficient. Besides the charging current, we of course also worked on the performance of the car,” Giek explains to us at the presentation of the renewed electric sedan. So what exactly does this mean?
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Porsche has stepped into electromobility with the sports sedan and has done so with confidence: The current Taycan celebrated its world premiere in 2019 and has already sold almost 150,000 units. The Taycan manager continues proudly: “As a sports car manufacturer, we want to show that we are also the strongest in the field of electromobility.”
Visually updated, the sedan features a new front and rear apron as well as new taillights. As we know from the facelifted Cayenne, customers can optionally choose headlights with HD matrix technology. The light strip located at the rear features a three-dimensional Porsche logo that illuminates on demand. Inside, changes over the previous model are modest: Porsche has revised the multimedia system, and there’s also an optional passenger display.
Real load manager
The Stuttgart-based company is taking a big step forward in charging technology. The current Taycan can charge a maximum of 270 kilowatts, while the new Taycan has a maximum charging capacity of 320 kW; Currently, no electric car charges this fast. Taycan now not only draws electricity with more power, but also has an extended fast charging range. This means that the battery can only draw electricity with optimum charging performance at 15 degrees Celsius. In daily life, the driver needs to do less preconditioning than the current generation.
There is also a new display on the dashboard that shows the maximum charging power the vehicle can currently use to charge. Under optimal conditions, the electric vehicle charges from ten percent to 80 percent in less than 20 minutes. Additionally, the Taycan now recovers up to 400 kilowatts of power during braking instead of the previous 290 kW; This is the highest value.
More power and range
Also the ranges are: Depending on the engine and body version, the Taycan is still available as a sedan, Sport Turismo and Cross Turismo – the sedan can travel up to 678 kilometres. For comparison: The current Taycan travels 175 kilometers less. The electric car owes this to a new, larger 105 kilowatt-hour battery.
Porsche engineers are also working on electric motors. The electric motor on the rear axle has more power and torque while reducing ten kilograms of weight. This has been achieved because pulse inverters with optimized software now control electric motors more efficiently than before. All in all, this results in a maximum performance of 408 hp (300 kW) and a maximum torque of 410 Newton meters in the base Taycan with a massive rear-wheel drive output of up to 952 hp (700 kW) and a maximum torque of 1110 Nm. the most powerful Taycan Turbo S. The electric vehicle accelerates from standstill to 100 km/h in 4.8 and 2.4 seconds respectively. The push-to-go button on the steering wheel looks like something out of a race car, allowing the sedan to get more overboost for ten seconds.
Comfortable chassis
During our first drive, we could feel the performance and the optional Active Ride suspension, at least from the passenger seat. Porsche’s miraculous chassis, introduced for the first time in the new Panamera, keeps the body of the electric sedan always horizontal, even when cornering quickly and changing direction. Imbalances on the road are almost completely eliminated. To reduce the forces acting on the passengers, the chassis may overcompensate for rocking and rolling movements, depending on the driving mode. It also elevates the body a few centimeters when entering and exiting.
A short charging stop at the Weissach development center is also planned for the trip. Taycan drew a maximum of 324 kilowatts of electricity for a moment with a 45 percent battery level at the charging station. Less than five minutes of power was enough to give the battery nearly 20 percent more power.
Many technical innovations are also reflected in the price. Pricing for the base Taycan with rear-wheel drive starts at 113,900 Swiss francs; which is about 10,000 francs more than its current sibling. The top version Turbo S with 952 hp costs almost twice as much: Porsche demands 237,900 francs as a starting price. The facelifted Taycan is planned to reach Swiss dealers this spring.
Source: Blick
I’m Ella Sammie, author specializing in the Technology sector. I have been writing for 24 Instatnt News since 2020, and am passionate about staying up to date with the latest developments in this ever-changing industry.
