A Porsche Taycan 4S Cross Turismo recently completed an ambitious drive from Bangkok, Thailand to Singapore in a journey that covered 1,845 km (1,146 miles) in 29 hours and 15 minutes.
Three journalists shared driving duties throughout the journey which started from Bang Yai on the outskirts of Bangkok to Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. Porsche also equipped the car used with a special wrap to celebrate its ongoing 75th anniversary.
The journey started with the trio traveling south through the Thai peninsula to checkpoints in cities including Chumphon, Nakhon Si Thammarat, and Hat Yai. The car was charged exclusively through the Shell HPC Network where the team was able to reserve their next chargers up to 60 minutes ahead of their arrival. Before long, the team crossed into Malaysia and made a pitstop at Porsche Center Penang.
Final charging stops were made at the Shell Recharge Tapah facility and the Shell Recharge Tangkak site at the top of the state of Johor. The Taycan then soldiered through to the famed SG50 Lattice structure at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore where it was welcomed by owners from Porsche Club Singapore as well as various Porsche staff and event partners.
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“Our first all-electric sports car, the Porsche Taycan, is already the benchmark for sporty performance, dynamic handling and efficient charging,” Porsche Singapore general manager Andre Brand said. “Now, we elevate the use-case for electric cars even further, by showing that long-distance, cross-border EV travel can be both fast and seamless with this first-ever Thailand-to-Singapore EV record.”
While the Taycan 4S Cross Turismo is not the performance-focused variant of Porsche’s EV on sale, it does offer a claimed range of 512 km (318 miles) which made it well suited to this journey.
