STUTTGART’S NEXT CHAPTER IN SPEED

Porsche moves the goalposts by pushing speed and range in the same sentence

Pawan Dhingara

With electric cars quickly reaching their performance threshold with everything from sports cars to crossovers able to lick north of 60mph in about 4 or 5 seconds with relative ease, product evolution and differentiation has shifted to range. That’s certainly the case with the latest Porsche Taycan, which four years ago at launch was a pioneer in so many respects but has slowly been caught, or passed, by some of the newer offerings from Tesla, Hyundai, Mercedes and even Lotus. Under this broader scope of requirements, Porsche is still underlining its products as sporty drivers’ cars. A new lap record for the Taycan GT around Laguna Seca, dethroning the Tesla Model S Plaid, is enough solid evidence of that. We’ve always admired that about the Taycan: an electric luxury saloon…

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