We rarely drive the long haul, but we discuss them all the time. Can you as a layperson drive painlessly around the 800 km a day? Start the Porsche Taycan!

Car fans can rest assured that driving fun in the electric car is more than less. And that also applies to this side of a Porsche Taycan.

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The electric racing sedan: Porsche Taycan in long-distance test Day on rum Sausage Case Ionity for 33 Cent Range roughly like a motorcycle Does the electric car need such charging power? In discussions about the eternal topic of “long-distance electric trips” has been my point of view so far: For those once a year where I privately to the 1000 drive km a day, I borrow a diesel car. Because you could drive so far electrically, but not in the prescribed for professional truckers with good reason 10 hours, and it must be exactly like that run as according to the exact planning. Nobody does that, because nobody wants that who sees driving as a purpose instead of a kind of mobility chess.

But time passed. Tesla increased the charging capacity for its motorway cruiser. Porsche built the Taycan. And I thought to myself: is that still the case with the long haul? Or do we not already have the technology 800 km including all Stops in 10 hours of driving?

The test object: the Porsche Taycan 4S with the large battery. This car is either misunderstood as a “sports car” or as a large sedan. However, it is more of an electric granturismo car. Think of modern Maseratis or the Panamera, which was Porsche’s starting point for chassis due to its comparable size. The extra power of the Taycan Turbo or Turbo S doesn’t get you any further, quite the contrary. The large battery, on the other hand, is, and it is part of the fast charging speed. They already exist in the 4S. Porsche maintains the temperature in its own low-temperature circuit, separate from the somewhat warmer circuit for the motors and converters. Your battery stroke corresponds to the usual. Their power consumption at up to 270 volts is unique. Up to 270 kW are on the data sheet.

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