New Taycan Vid

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Johnny Smith of Fifth Gear fame and now Fully Charged has just released a vid of him test driving the Taycan....first journalist to do so apparently. According to his “guessiwork” launch car will be the top spec “Turbo” and roughly £120k...next 18 months will see cars in different specs released including a RWD version. Base car will be £65k. He described pricing as being “in between Cayenne and Panamera”

Have to say I really like the look of it. Have my name down for one but don’t want a £120k version!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP9kokeyxGU

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BobM said:

It's already there [url]

As Porsche, Audi, VW etc. get on board with EVs we're likely to see a ramping up of the non-Tesla rapid chargers throughout the UK which remain sparse - I think I'd struggle with a Taycan at present to be honest.

The major German manufacturers have already committed to building a Supercharger network on continental “motorways”, I am sure we’ll be getting something similar in the UK. I wouldn’t be surprised if Brexit is to blame for that commitment not being in the UK too. Will definitely be an issue for some people as you say.

We do a lot of miles as a family...30k per year. Apart from a couple of trips to Europe each year a 300 mile range and being able to charge overnight at home would be absolutely fine for us. Where I can see there will be an issue quite quickly is places like Welcome Break/Travel Lodges on motorway networks....people will be expecting to stay at theses hotels and leave their cars on charge overnight. Relatively simple fix but someone needs to invest.

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Porsche guy said:

Also, there is the issue that some don't have a garage and roadside park, I'm sure there's going to be quite a lot of the population that won't be catered for without rows of charging points down every street?

In the village I live there isn't a charging point within 15 miles

Yup. I lived in London for 20 years and had on street parking....the first place I lived in I was lucky if I could park within 50m of my flat. Logistics for people with on street parking are problematic to say the least!

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RDMcG said:

I will be interested in seeing if Porsche does a good job on the whole software / services interface side.

Typically they are well engineered cars but the various connected services and driver interface are miles behind other manufacturers. I have a number of Porsches including current Panamera and compared to a BMW or a higher end Japanese car they seem five years out of date. How long has BMW had stuff like HUD?
Nissan has superb on line services. Tesla does it’s upgrades remotely overnight.

The next gen drivers will regard this stuff as basic. It’s more than just an EV these days.

Judging by teething problems that Pany, Cayenne etc have had and indeed some of the issues with 992 don't think I'd want an early car regardless. Funny you say that about BMW, I've had a couple of BMW rental cars in the last month and I really missed my Porrsche PCM with Apple Carplay...I know BMW offers it too but wasn't on the cars I had. Also the interior quality of the BMW's was pretty poor and they were pretty dull to drive....think they have really lost there way as a brand. BMW's big USP for me was the quality of there engines even in the lower spec cars....like everyone else they have blown 4 cyl whcih are just dull. Mt first BMW was a 1995 320i with a straight six engine....what a lovely thing that was!

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Launch is 4th Sep apparently

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Taffy66 said:

I've got one coming next Spring..As much as i hate to admit it its the only new Porsche(my new RS apart) that i'm excited about..All other recently launched petrol Porsches seem to be hobbled by the new stringent WLTP rules..I must be getting really old before my time or am i developing an environmental conscious state of mind..!

I feel very much the same...probably apart from a 718 Spyder there’s nothing in the current line up that I want...I think the previous cars are better mostly because of the engines,

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Interesting vid (if you’re a bit of a nerd) about how the Taycan differs in some of it’s tech from the Tesla and the impact it has on the range. One interesting nugget which I hadn’t seen elsewhere is that Porsche keep a buffer in the battery so you can never charge it to 100%....it does have an efficiency benefit but also preserves the life of the battery so that there is less chance of a warranty claim on the battery....Tesla lets you charge 100% an an option when you want max range.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&amp...

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Taffy66 said:

This is no different than our 2014 Cayenne 4e hybrid..It always leaves about 15% juice in the battery and will only charge to a similar amount left empty..Its to preserve the lifetime of the battery and to prevent thermal runaway which some Teslas have suffered from with well publicised results.
It must work as our 5+ year old 45k miler is as efficient now as when it was new.

Notihing beats real world evidence...I suppose what that shows is the integrity Porsche is building the car with rather than looking for headline numbers. What was interesting in the vid is that Porsche have designed the car to have identical pedal feel all of the time which apparently the Tesla doesn’t....i would hate that !