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Porsche apparently doesn't quite believe it either:Just 201 miles, and a consumption of 49 kWh/100 mi (!!!). I was expecting more like 270 miles range. These numbers are so bad it looks like a mistake.
Not sure how you arrive at that conclusion. The EPA cycle reaches a top speed of 60 mph, the WLTP cycle 82 mph.Also, I'm sure the actual engineers knew the range was bad years ago in the planning stage. They have Autobahns in Germany, they know how to calculate range at higher speeds, and that's a good indicator of how EPA rating would be compared to WLTP.
Also, I'm sure the actual engineers knew the range was bad years ago in the planning stage. They have Autobahns in Germany, they know how to calculate range at higher speeds, and that's a good indicator of how EPA rating would be compared to WLTP.
Not sure how you arrive at that conclusion. The EPA cycle reaches a top speed of 60 mph, the WLTP cycle 82 mph.
David Roper did some statistical analysis on EPA vs. WLTP numbers for EVs a while ago, with the result that WLTP numbers are on average by a factor of about 1.12 higher than EPA numbers. In case of the Taycan Turbo, it's about 1.39. I wonder what might cause that.
In any case, this will be a big marketing problem for Porsche in the US.
Maybe they tested it in 1st gear? No idea how the drive modes work on the Taycan.Not sure how you arrive at that conclusion. The EPA cycle reaches a top speed of 60 mph, the WLTP cycle 82 mph.
David Roper did some statistical analysis on EPA vs. WLTP numbers for EVs a while ago, with the result that WLTP numbers are on average by a factor of about 1.12 higher than EPA numbers. In case of the Taycan Turbo, it's about 1.39. I wonder what might cause that.
In any case, this will be a big marketing problem for Porsche in the US.
But according to the EPA numbers not just the highway but also the city cycle shows a big discrepancy.Sorry I didn't explain clearly. All this stuff is calculated in simulation before the vehicles are ever built. There are commercial tools such as AVL Cruise and GT Suite for simulating cycle efficiency. You feed it the specs of the vehicle and components and the test cycle and it will tell you what kind of energy consumption it's going to get. Like any simulation it's not 100% accurate but they definitely knew it was not going to do well.
If they wanted to actually measure how it does on steady higher speed drives (the kind that American drivers care about when they road trip) they can take a prototype and drive it on the Autobahn for a couple hours and there would be obvious warning signs.
But according to the EPA numbers not just the highway but also the city cycle shows a big discrepancy.