Specs confirmed?
Porsche Taycan specs confirmed
Relevant quote: "As for range, the Taycan will aim for 310 miles in the European cycle."
European cycle? Is that true, can we get that confirmed by any other source? If that's correct, then it'll get what in the real world? Quite a bit less than a Tesla Model 3 LR, I guess.
Porsche Pecan. Nuts to this! For a long time this looked like one of the more credible Tesla challengers, and one of the very few that I might actually consider cross-shopping. Now the numbers are out, and it doesn't look so good. (I mean, aside from the body styling, which does in fact look fabulous. But you know, if I really wanted the most beautiful car in the world, I'd buy a vintage C3 Corvette Stingray and learn to ignore the fact that it sounds, smells and drives like an old tractor.)
According to the specs, the Taycan and a Model 3 Performance have very close acceleration times, but from what I'm seeing on the front page today, the Model 3 will probably end up being slightly quicker.
Given all the positive reviews I've read about the Model 3's handling, it's not clear whether the Taycan has any advantage left at all, aside from its sporty looks. But the Tesla has a supercharging network. (Oh, and a glass roof. But mostly a supercharging network.) Porsche brag about their 800V CCS Superduperchargers, or whatever they're going to call them, but then you read the fine print and learn they're going to be at
Porsche Dealerships. That's when I start banging my head against the wall in frustration.
By the time it hits the streets, the Taycan will be matched or even outclassed in most basic measures by Tesla's "mass market" vehicle. Sad!