Taycan

A new Porsche Taycan is expected to be unveiled soon. Ahead of its release, Porsche tested the pre-series Taycan out at the Nurburgring. The new Porsche Taycan lapped the Nurburgring 26 seconds quicker than the current version, topping the Tesla Model S Plaid by a whopping 18 seconds. New Porsche Taycan tops Tesla Model S Plaid record Porsche has been testing the new Taycan for several months now. We got our first look at the new sporty Taycan Turbo GT in Sept as the Tesla Model S rival lapped…

Ronan Glon / Digital Trends The Tesla Model S kind of pioneered the concept that electric cars could be cool. When the Model S first launched in 2012, electric cars in general were considered to be slow and a little nerdy. But since then, a range of other attractive EVs have popped up — including the ultra-cool Porsche Taycan. If you’re looking to fulfill a need for electric speed, you may be deciding between the Model S and the Porsche Taycan — and it makes sense. They both have a lot to offer. But is one of them…

Despite sales of its sole electric sports car falling in the first half of the year, Porsche is standing by its EV sales target for 2023. The automaker is warning supply chain disruptions could remain an issue for EV growth. Porsche is still aiming for 12%-14% EV sales share in 2023 Porsche released the Taycan in 2019, and it quickly rose to become one of the brand’s top-selling models. However, the growth has been fading for nearly two years now. After Taycan sales fell 16% last year to…

As Porsche moves toward an electric future, the automaker aims to deliver the same margins with its EVs, if not more, than its ICE models. Porsche’s production manager Albrecht Reimold says the Taycan and Macan EVs are “on the right track” to achieve a comparable margin with its combustion engine models. After its debut in 2019 as Porsche’s first all-electric model, the Taycan quickly emerged as one of its top-selling models. Despite a six-week pause in production, Porsche Taycan deliveries…

Although Porsche posted gains in every sales region during the first half of the year, the company’s report had a glaring hole in it. Sales of its sole electric vehicle, the Porsche Taycan, fell 5% year-over-year despite the stronger performance. Should Porsche be worried? After unveiling the Taycan as its first all-electric vehicle in 2019, the EV quickly became one of Porsche’s top-selling models. In 2021, the German automaker delivered 41,296 Taycan models globally, more than doubling…

Porsche is signing on to be the second EV maker to officially adopt support for EV routing in Apple Maps. This means that Porsche Taycan drivers can now use Apple Maps via CarPlay, signaling Porsche’s continued comittment to CarPlay as other automakers abandon Apple’s platform. Apple Maps EV routing expands to its second Apple first announced support for EV routing in Apple Maps back at WWDC 2020, saying that it was working with Ford and BMW to start. The feature eventually debuted for…

After deliveries of its sole electric vehicle fell in the first quarter, Porsche says Taycan production is due for a “very steep ramp-up.” Porsche set to increase Taycan production Porsche delivered 9,151 Taycan electric models in the first quarter of 2023, down 3% from 9,470 in Q1 2022 and a decline of 73% from the 34,801 models delivered in Q4. The drop comes despite Porsche’s overall deliveries rising 18% YOY to over 80,700 vehicles, up from 68,426 the previous year. As a result,…

Porsche shares rose in their stock market debut Thursday, in one of the biggest public offerings in Europe ever.Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPorsche managed to increase its global deliveries last year by 2.6% despite worldwide supply chain issues that crippled other carmakers as well as sales of its first all-electric car.The German sports car manufacturer said Thursday it delivered 309,884 vehicles to customers last year, up from 301,915 vehicles in 2021."The many challenges caused by the war in Ukraine, interrupted supply…

But you'll need to pay $1,850 for the module and another $1,586 for a new wall charger.Earlier this year, Porsche released a substantial software update for its sporty Taycan EV that delivered range and charging speed improvements. If you feel those enhancements weren't enough, the automaker is releasing a hardware upgrade for existing Taycan models that halves charging times. On Performance Battery-equipped Taycans, Porsche says its new 19.2 kW onboard charging module cuts Level 2 charging times from nine-and-a-half…

Porsche is delivering significantly faster home charging times to current Taycan owners by rolling out a new onboard charging unit that can be retrofitted into existing EVs for under $2,000. Combined with Porsche’s new AC home charger unit, Porsche owners can replenish their Taycan at speeds nearly twice as fast as their original setup. The Taycan first arrived as a 2020 model and has sat as the foundation of Porsche’s all-electric lineup. It has since been joined by several variations of the…