The all-electric Porsche Taycan was recently unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show and, after the media launch, the first video reviews of the car have started to be come in.
Porsche has so far only introduced the Taycan in Turbo and Turbo S guises, with the car tested by Autocar being the range-topping S version. So, has the first all-electric Porsche been worth the long wait?
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Like all other high-performance electric vehicles on the market, the Taycan Turbo S is quick. In fact, Porsche says it will launch off the line and hit 62 mph (100 km/h) in a mere 2.8 seconds, which puts it on par with some of the industry’s leading supercars. Allowing the car to achieve such blistering acceleration are a pair of electric motors that deliver up to 750 hp and 774 lb-ft (1050 Nm) of torque when the Overboost function is enabled.
The Taycan isn’t just fast when it comes to acceleration, as it is also rather speedy when it comes to charging. The company claims the 93.4 kWh lithium-ion battery pack can be juiced up to 80 per cent capacity in as little as 22.5 minutes thanks to its 800-volt architecture.
Many were concerned that the Taycan would spell the end of Porsche as we know it. That’s doesn’t appear to be the case, as the reviewer notes it is as much of a Porsche as the Cayenne and Panamera, plus it handles better than both. The answer, then, is that instead of spelling the end, the Taycan heralds the beginning of a new era for the German automaker; and that era looks bright.