The Tesla Model 3 and Porsche Taycan Turbo are two of the most exciting and fastest-charging EVs currently on sale but in a charging battle, which of the two is the best?
To find out, German publication Nextmove plugged in the pair at a fast-charging station. Porsche claims that thanks to the Taycan’s peak charging capacity of 270 kW, its battery can be charged from 5-80 per cent in 22.5 minutes but during its test, Nextmove saw the battery jump from 1-80 per cent in just 21 minutes.
The publication compared the Porsche’s charging speeds against other tests of the Model 3 that have seen it charge from 3-80 per cent in 29 minutes at an IONITY charging station in Europe. When plugged into a 250 kW V3 Tesla supercharger, the Model 3 can go from 0-80 per cent in just 24.5 minutes.
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Nextmove also went to the trouble of comparing charging speeds to consumption numbers to work out how many kilometres of range each car achieves per hour of charging. Using an IONITY charger, the Model 3 charged at 550 kilometers (341 miles) of range per hour while the Porsche charged up at 717 kilometers (445 miles) of range per hour. If the Tesla were to use a V3 Supercharger, it would achieve a charging rate of 651 kilometers (404 miles) of range per hour.
For charging between 0-50 per cent, the Tesla performs slightly better than the Porsche, charging at up to 905 kilometers (562 miles) of range per hour on a V3 Supercharger compared to the 856 kilometers (531 miles) of range per hour for the Taycan on an IONITY charger.