The New Porsche Taycan: Augmented Range or Enhanced Performance? The Choice is Yours

The Taycan, Porsche’s first fully electric sedan, in production since 2019, has undoubtedly been a huge success. The first generation of the car was produced in five versions, Base, 4S, GTS, Turbo and Turbo S comprising two shapes, Sport Sedan and Sport Turismo respectively Cross Turismo. Aerodynamically, the Taycan Turbo Sport Sedan achieved the best performance, starting with a drag value of 0.22 [1], and hence best in class for 2019. Concurrently the Taycan Base had a drag value of 0.24, the Taycan 4S of 0.23 and the Taycan Turbo S of 0.26. Thanks to the new Porsche Wheel Strategy and our acquired know-how on rims and tyres, the all new Taycan, which was launched on the market at the beginning of 2024, can achieve a minimum drag value of 0.22 in all Sport Sedan versions (Base, 4S, Turbo and Turbo S). The spread in the range has thus been extremely reduced between all wheel configurations. Concurrently performance remains a crucial, strong selling point for Porsche. The achieved improvements are not therefore only limited to the wheels. Using the new Taycan Turbo S as the baseline, itself boasting a vmax of 260 km/h and the following areo-values: cD = 0.22; cLF = cLR = 0.10 in range mode (Aero-Wheels, Active Grille Shutters closed and Rear Spoiler in Eco Mode) Porsche developed on a new derivative, by combing a more powerful battery, a new rear electric motor, a new pulse inverter, downforce optimised extensions, lightweight wheels and a PCCB, which enabled the Taycan Turbo S to achieve GT Car Level performance. The Taycan Turbo GT version will thus achieve a vmax of up to 305 km/h, and downforce coefficients of up to 0.07 on the front and 0.13 on the rear axle. Porsche has given the Taycan a particularly extensive update. The new versions have more power, more range, accelerate more quickly and charge faster with greater stability. The new Taycan is now on the market and will allow the true driving enthusiasts the joy of a greater range combined the excitement of an enhanced performance package!