Porsche Taycan

Hello everyone and welcome to the September version of Right Car. Today I will be talking to you about the Porsche Taycan, the first all-electric car from Porsche. So sit, back and relax while we run through all the important details. I will leave a picture of it at the bottom of the post, along with any other cars I mention.

So, like I said above, the Porsche Taycan is the first all-electric car from Porsche and was first revealed, in production form, at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show in Frankfurt, Germany. Porsche making an all-electric sports car should not come as a surprise as with all this concern about climate change all around the world, and Porsche maybe thinking if they didn’t get on the hybrid/fully-electric bandwagon then they might lose customers. At the moment, you can only order 2 types, the Turbo or the Turbo S, both with all-wheel drive. Some people think that having a turbo badge on a car without a turbocharger is strange, but I think that people are used to seeing the turbo badge around so they should keep it. The turbo has 500kw (617hp) and 850Nm (627 lb-ft) of torque and can do 0-100km/h (0-60mph) in 3.2 seconds. The Turbo S has 60kw (70hp) and 200Nm (147lb-ft) more power and torque and does the 0-100km/h (0-60mph) sprint in 0.5 seconds less. Some of you who know your stuff will probably be like “hang on, the Tesla Model S P100D can do the same sprint in 2.3 seconds”. That is true but the Taycan, even though it is a little slower, is designed so it can perform these sprint figures repeatedly without having to stop for an hour or two after every couple of runs for the batteries to cool down, like what happens in the P100D. The Porsche Taycan also has a 2-speed gearbox, which hasn’t been seen before in an electric car. This gearbox actually serves a purpose though as the first gear allows you to get off the line as quick as possible with the second gear giving the Taycan good efficiency while cruising. The range is also quite good because of this second gear, the Turbo getting 430km (260miles) of range and the Turbo S getting 400km (245miles) in a single full charge.

When you first look at the car, you may think that it is just an electric Panamera as it has 4 doors, a sloped roof and a big light bar at the back, but although it is based on the Panamera, it is a completely new car. Another thing you will notice is that there is no electric charge port on the rear wheel-arches, like petrol or diesel powered cars. Instead, it is on the front, right-hand side wheel arch. When you get inside the car, you will notice that it looks and feels like a panamera because of its 4 seats and 2 massive screens in the front. One is the gauge cluster which shows your speed and all the other important gauges that anyone needs to have access to, while also having some of the same functions as the infotainment screen, such as navigation and radio information. The other of screens is Porsche’s actual infotainment system which is just perfect with no lag and bright and clourful graphics. You can also option another screen in front of the passenger so they basically get their own infotaiment system. In the back seats, each seat has its own climate zone and seat heating, much like the Panamera. It also has a thing called a “foot garage”, or basically a depression in the under-floor batteries which allows you to have better support for your thighs. At the rear, there is a huge light bar, a rear wing which changes height, depending on your speed and because it’s an electric car, no exhaust pipes. It’s also quite practical as since it doesn’t have an engine it has a storage area in the front as well as in the back so you can carry a little bit more than you could in a normal car.

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