Will The Porsche Taycan Look Like This?

If so, which color do you prefer?

The all-electric Porsche Taycan is set to debut sometime next year and will go on sale as a 2020 model. Obviously, it’s a big deal because the sleek sedan is the beginning of a new era for the famed German carmaker, an era that will see a full lineup of electrified Porsches (don’t worry, the 911 will retain its flat-six for the foreseeable future).

As first previewed by the Mission-E concept, the production-spec Taycan will strongly resemble that stunning concept, evidenced by recent spy shots of pre-production mules caught testing. And it’s because of those detailed enough spy shots that the folks over at Taycan Forum were able to create these detailed renderings of the 2020 Taycan. For the record, we like it in yellow.

What these renderings don’t have, a key styling feature on the Mission-E, are the suicide doors. They’ve been swapped out in favor of conventional doors which were clearly visible in the spy images. The renderings’ designer also made sure not to include exhaust tips because, well, it’s an EV. Porsche (poorly) attempted to disguise the Taycan test mule as something else by bolting on fake rear exhaust pipes.

What the Taycan will have, however, are two powerful all-electric motors that will produce an output ranging from 400 to 600 hp, depending on trim level (Carrera, Carrera S, or Turbo).

One motor will be located at the front axle while the second will be at the rear driving the rear wheels. Thanks to high-voltage lithium-ion batteries, the Taycan is expected to have a range of over 310 miles. It will also have fast-charging capabilities enabling 80 percent charge in only 15 minutes. Like any all-electric vehicles, such as its main competitor, the Tesla Model S, the Taycan will have a floor-mounted battery pack. Because of this, its center of gravity will be even lower than that of the rear-engined 911. Without question, it will drive like a proper Porsche.

We don’t know when and where exactly the Taycan will officially debut, Geneva in March or at LA in late 2019, but we’ll definitely be learning a lot more about it in the coming months. For now, enjoy these highly detailed rendered images.

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Fully Electric Porsche Taycan Boasts Lower Center Of Gravity Than 911

Porsche’s head of EVs promises the Taycan “drives like a Porsche, looks like a Porsche, and feels like a Porsche”.

The all-electric Taycan isn’t going into production until next year, but more details about Porsche’s highly anticipated Tesla rival are starting to emerge. In a recent interview with Porsche’s customer magazine, the automaker’s head of battery electric vehicles, Stefan Weckbach, assured us that the Taycan will still deliver a driving experience people expect from the prestigious brand, despite the lack of combustion engine.

"The Taycan drives like a Porsche, looks like a Porsche, and feels like a Porsche; it just happens to have a different type of drive,” he said, adding that every Porsche needs to be the sportiest in its segment.

“Even an electric sports car can be puristic and highly emotional. We don’t consider that a contradiction. On the contrary, with the optimum drive technology and the right vehicle concept, the Porsche characteristics can be brought even more to the fore.” He went on to say that the Taycan’s under-floor battery will enable it to have a lower center of gravity than the 911. It will also also have impressive longitudinal and lateral dynamics, according to Weckbach.

While the performance in some electric sports cars degrades after repeated hard acceleration, this won’t happen in the Taycan. Porsche has developed “permanently excited synchronous” motors similar to the 919 Hybrid that “offer high long-term output.“ Weckbach promises this system will enable you to a “accelerate powerfully not just once but several times in succession” and drive at a consistently high speed. The Taycan also has an active cooling system that prevents any performance losses by supplying cooling power to components that need it.

Being Porsche’s first electric vehicle, the engineering team has had to ensure the Taycan is suitable for everyday use by having a sufficient range while offering the performance expected from a Porsche. To achieve this tricky balance, engineers focused on making the car as light and as aerodynamic as possible, as well as developing a lightweight lithium-ion battery. As a result, the Taycan has a range over 310 miles. Two electric motors produce a combined output over 592 hp, enabling the Taycan to accelerate 0-62 mph in under 3.5 seconds and 0-124 mph in less than 12 seconds.

“Porsche will present the Taycan at the end of 2019. And I can reveal this much already: it won’t be just an electric vehicle. It’ll be a Porsche,” Weckbach concluded.

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Say Hello To The Porsche Taycan: Mission E Has A Brand New Name

What do you make of that name?

As the Porsche Mission E continues to get closer to production, we figured the name Porsche has used for its first fully electric model was already set in stone. Instead, Porsche has announced that the production Mission E will actually use a new name: Taycan. Roughly translated, the word means "lively young horse" in German, which likely references the horse in the Porsche crest. "Our new electric sports car is strong and dependable; it's a vehicle that can consistently cover long distances and that epitomizes freedom," Porsche chief Oliver Blume said in a statement.

The Taycan has been one of the most hotly anticipated cars of the decade, and this new name only makes us even more excited. The most powerful variant will use two synchronous electric motors producing more than 600 horsepower. Porsche expects the Taycan to do 0 to 60 mph in less than 3.5 seconds, and have a driving range of more than 300 miles on a single charge. There will likely be different versions of the Taycan, including one based on the Mission E Cross Turismo Concept. The Taycan will be Porsche's first all-electric model, which will be followed up by more electrified cars. By 2025, 25% of all Porsche cars will be fully-electric or hybrid.

The name change from Mission E to Taycan makes a lot of sense. Mission E sounded cool, but it didn't share much connection with the rest of the Porsche lineup. The name Taycan will fit in nicely with the Macan, Cayenne, Cayman, Boxster, and Panamera, while the 911 retains in its own unique numeric naming scheme.

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Porsche Taycan: More Details Revealed

It’s still at least a year away but customers can’t wait to have a go.

The Taycan may only be due for release at some point late in 2019 but there has been so much interest in the car that Porsche claims to have received over 10,000 order requests from potential customers. That should allay the fears of those within the company who thought that the introduction of an all-electric Porsche might be met with a negative reaction.

With such a lot of interest surrounding this potentially game-changing supercar, UK publication Auto Express managed to get access to some pre-production prototypes that are being built at the rate of two a day, to uncover a few more details.

As with any brand-new addition to a model range, getting the production numbers right ahead of time can be tricky. Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman for Finance and IT at Porsche is tasked with this job and he said that they plan to sell up to 25,000 units per year. “We are capable of ramping up our production capacity substantially if demand exceeds expectations.”

If the Taycan performs as promised, those production figures are sure to be on the conservative side. And about those performance claims, for now, Porsche engineers are not revealing exact battery specifications or driving range but they say that up to 310-miles should be possible and the 350kW fast charging system could add 180-miles of range in as little as 9 minutes.

Powertrain-wise the Taycan should develop over 600 horsepower and will have a permanently excited synchronous electric motor (PSM) at each axle. These motors are developments of the units used on the Le Mans winning 919 LMP1 car and are both lighter and more compact than traditional electric motors.

The 0-62mph sprint will take around 3.5 seconds while 124 mph will arrive less than 9 seconds later. Porsche usually understates its acceleration claims, so it may even be a bit quicker in real-world testing. What they do say is that these figures will be repeatable over and over again without losing performance. Now that is something that should appeal to its core customers. A head-to-head against Tesla's own Model S will be an interesting comparison indeed.

The plan is to expand the Taycan line to include more affordable variants, rumor has it that there will be three in total with power outputs starting at 400 hp with a rear-wheel-drive option a possibility at a later date. Over-the-air updates will also be possible with the Taycan, and may include infotainment upgrades, power boosts as well as safety tech improvements.

Interestingly, the Taycan’s architecture will also be used as a base for the upcoming Bentley EV and a fully electric Porsche SUV is also in the cards by 2022 at the latest. The full Taycan reveal will take place at next year’s Frankfurt Auto Show and it will spearhead a new era of electric Porsches, that, according to Meschke, would make the traditional Porsche a niche offering by 2030.

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Porsche Taycan Will Be Priced Lower Than The Panamera

And undercut the Tesla Model 3, in the process.

Porsche is gearing up to bring its first electric vehicle to market. But before it announces pricing, Automotive News Europe gives us an indication at how much the Taycan will cost.

“We’re expecting a price somewhere between a Cayenne and a Panamera,” the vehicle's model line director Robert Meier revealed. That ought to place it (give or take a few thousand) around $75,000 in the US, where the Cayenne starts just over $65k and the Panamera at $85k. At that rate, it'd undercut even the base Tesla Model S, which starts in 75D spec at $77k (before government incentives).

The positioning makes sense considering the roots of the project. Porsche originally planned on producing a smaller, more affordable counterpart to the Panamera, much as the Macan slots in below the Cayenne. That plan eventually morphed into the Mission E project that gave birth to the four-door Taycan electric performance sedan.

That price may prove just the starting point, though. ANE reports that a more potent version could follow – potentially dubbed the Taycan Turbo S – with a price tag closer to double the launch version. That initial model will be no slouch on its own, though.

With over 600 horsepower, the Taycan will reach 62 mph in under 3.5 seconds and lap the Nürburgring in less than eight minutes. That'd make it the fastest EV ever to round the Nordschleife, where Porsche's 911 GT2 RS and 919 Evo rein king.

To unleash Porsche levels of performance, the automaker is employing a pair of permanently excited synchronous electric motors. "Asynchronous e-motors are clearly more affordable," said Meier. But you can "only overload the motor once when you want high dynamic acceleration before it quickly reaches its limits the second or third time. That’s fine for most electric cars but not for a high-performance Porsche.”

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Porsche Taycan Looks Close To Production-Ready In New Spy Shots

Porsche’s first fully electric car has been spotted with production headlights.

Following official previews and morsels of information released by Porsche, our spy photographers spotted and snapped a Taycan prototype undergoing testing, and it looks nearly production-ready. The front bumper has a lot less camouflage and the prototype also appears to feature production LED headlights, which look as slim as the original Mission E Concept’s. We also get a first look at car’s distinctive production wheels. Like other Porsche models, the taillights are connected with an LED light bar spanning the width of the car. You can also spot the charging port flap on the front right fender.

The Taycan is expected to be offered in three flavors echoing the 911 range: the Taycan Carrera, Taycan Carrera S and Taycan Turbo, with an output ranging from 400 to 600 horsepower. Porsche has already confirmed two permanently synchronous motors will drive the wheels, with one motor at the front axle and the other driving the rear wheels. All-wheel drive is expected to be available as standard for all models, but rumors suggest Porsche could launch a more affordable rear-wheel drive version.

High-voltage lithium-ion batteries will provide a range of over 310 miles. Thanks to the Taycan’s fast-charging capabilities that take advantage of 800-volt chargers, it will only take around 15 minutes to give the car enough juice to cover 248 miles. Most importantly, the Taycan will drive like a Porsche and even has a lower center of gravity than the 911 thanks to its floor-mounted battery pack. Expect the Porsche Taycan to break cover in mid-2019 before going on sale in 2020.

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Porsche Taycan Promises Charging Times Twice As Fast As Tesla

Ground won't be the only thing that Porsche's EV will cover quickly.

Porsche is no stranger to speed, producing as it has (and still does) some of the fastest cars ever to hit the road or track. And now it's after another crown in the realm of speed, but this time it's not for the pace with which its cars cover ground. This time it's for charging times.

Speaking with Fortune at the Rennsport Reunion last weekend, Porsche's US chief Klaus Zellmer said its forthcoming Taycan electric sports car will be able to quick-charge to 80 percent of its battery's capacity in just 15 minutes.

That's “almost the same time if you fill up your gas tank and have a cup of coffee,” said Zellmer. More to the point, though – and in true Porsche style – it's much faster than the competition. As Fortune points out, Teslas take nearly half an hour to achieve the same charge. And Jaguar's new I-Pace takes 45 minutes.

“It doesn’t make any sense to drive fast and then wait two hours to charge batteries,” added Porsche's sales and marketing chief Detlev von Platen. That's why it's pursuing quicker charging times.

The German automaker is no stranger to charging its vehicles' batteries, having already produced plug-in hybrids like the 918 Spyder and E-Hybrid versions of its Panamera and Cayenne models. But the Taycan will be its first completely electric vehicle.

Stemming from the Mission E project (pictured), the Porsche Taycan is slated to pack over 600 horsepower worth of electric power, sending it rocketing to 60 in under 3.5 seconds. It's anticipated to launch in 2020, after which we can expect additional battery-powered vehicles to come rolling out of Zuffenhausen in the coming years.

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Why Porsche Taycan Owners Won't Suffer From Range Anxiety

No magic pill required. Technology solves everything.

This coming year is going to be a major one for Porsche. Why? Because its first-ever all-electric production model will debut. The Porsche Taycan sedan will be only the first of a salvo of EVs the German carmaker will launch in the coming years. Will the 911, of which an all-new model will debut this week, be on the electrification list? Not for several more years, though a hybrid 911 is expected within five years or so. But the Taycan is all-new territory for Porsche and, naturally, there could be some skepticism amongst the Porsche faithful, especially over range anxiety. Fear not, as Bloomberg reports.

Porsche chief executive officer Oliver Blume recently told the German language Welt am Sonntag that the Taycan will enable drivers to travel 250 miles after charging the car for less than 20 minutes. That’s not even a full charge, which we’ve heard will match that of the Tesla Model S P100D’s 315-mile range per charge. The Model S P85D, to further compare, has a 253-mile range per charge, so the Taycan will have no problem meeting or likely beating several of the Model S’s capabilities.

The Taycan will feature a new 800-volt electricity supply system capable of powering it for about 62 miles after only a four-minute charge, according to Blume. Impressive. In about a decade’s time, a new generation of battery technology will double range to around 620 miles and reduce charging time even further.

Is that the technology we could potentially see in a future all-electric 911? It’s certainly possible, all the more so because Porsche is not only facing competition from Tesla and pretty much all other automakers, but there’s also pressure coming from global governments anxious to phase out internal combustion vehicles in about 20 years’ time. Blume did specifically say he has the “highest respect” for Elon Musk for creating a new industry segment.

By 2025, Porsche plans to offer half of its new models to be hybrid or electric and will keep the 911 with a conventional flat-six “for as long as possible.” In other words, not forever.

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Here's Proof Porsche Taycan Is Being Benchmarked Against Tesla Model S

Just watch this video.

Last March, when the Porsche Taycan was still being referred to as the Mission E, Porsche CEO Oliver Blume stated that “Tesla is not a benchmark for us.” Well, that’s not exactly accurate. How do we know? Here’s proof, thanks to the folks at Taycan Forum. This recently filmed spy video shows not one, but two Taycan advanced prototypes testing with a Tesla Model S P85D on Italy’s famed Stelvio Pass. No benchmarking, right Oliver?

Can’t say we’re in the least bit surprised, but why did Blume even state that in the first place? The most likely answer is that Porsche wants the Taycan to be seen as a Porsche first and an EV second.

Porsche also probably doesn’t want to admit it’s being forced to benchmark against what many consider to be a California-based startup that has no business being in the car business. Tesla doesn’t play by the so-called industry rules and established brands don’t like that.

Also interesting to point out here is that the Model S in question is not the most powerful trim you can buy today. That would be the P100D, which can accelerate from 0-60 mph in 2.5 seconds and has a 315-mile range per charge. The P85D had a 253-mile range a 3.2-second sprint to 60. Shouldn’t Porsche be benchmarking the top trim Model S? It surely is, but these Taycan test mules could themselves be lower trims.

Set to go on sale for 2020, the Taycan will be the first all-electric Porsche; more will come soon. But even if the Taycan initially outperforms the Model S in every major category for all trims, we need to take another factor into account: a major Model S update is planned for some time in 2019 or 2020.

Early reports suggest this update will mainly focus on the interior, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see exterior styling changes as well. Will Porsche’s benchmarking that’s not really benchmarking ultimately pay off? We’ll find out next year.

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Take A First Look Inside The Highly Anticipated Porsche Taycan

Porsche's first EV looks pretty good from the driver's seat.

It's difficult to think of a car that has been more hotly anticipated than Porsche's first EV, the Taycan. Originally referred to as the Mission E, Porsche later revealed the Taycan name for the production version as well as some other details about the car. We know that the top versions will use two electric motors - one at the front and one at the rear - to produce over 600 horsepower. We've even seen a lucky few get behind the wheel of a prototype version of the car, but what we haven't seen is a good look at the production interior.

Thanks to these images posted by a couple of dudes on Facebook, but which have since been removed, we now have our first good look at the Taycan's interior. These prototype cars were reportedly spotted testing in New Zealand, though we don't know how the two were able to get such private access to the cars. The images show a traditional Porsche steering wheel that seems pretty ordinary. This particular example lacks the drive mode selector on the steering wheel, which seems like an odd omission, but this is a prototype after all.

The most noticeable detail is the fully digital instrument panel, a first for Porsche. Most recent Porsche models have used either a five or three dial gauge cluster in the past, but the Taycan will move the company into the future with an all-digital display. Some purists may balk at this idea, but those are the same people who balked when the Porsche stopped building air-cooled engines. From what we can see, the Taycan will easily be one of the best EVs on sale when it finally arrives.

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2020 Audi e-tron GT Will Directly Inherit Some Porsche Taycan DNA

Corporate cousins but with different attitudes, but still all about power.

We learned a few months ago that Audi’s second all-electric vehicle will be a large sedan called the e-tron GT. Audi may have just revealed its 2019 e-tron SUV, but it’s wasting no time with its second offering, a direct competitor to the Tesla Model S and, in a way, the also not yet revealed Porsche Taycan. Thing is, both the Taycan and e-tron GT will have something in common: genes.

According to Autocar, the e-tron GT will ride on the same J1 platform as the Taycan, which makes sense because both brands fall under the VW Group umbrella. Audi’s technical development chief Ulrich Widmann has confirmed the e-tron GT will “get some genes from Porsche and a lot of Audi genes.”

But unlike the e-tron SUV, the e-tron GT will have one significant difference, apart from body style: the GT is slated to be Audi’s first electric vehicle to get a ‘flat-floor solution’ instead of the ‘high-floor solutions’ utilized with the e-tron SUV and also upcoming e-tron Sportback. Another big difference from the SUVs is that the GT will be capable of 350kW fast charging. In other words, it’ll be able to charge up to 80 percent of its battery in only 12 minutes, or less. It's all about power.

While the e-tron SUV has been designed to be a comfortable and extremely capable daily driver with the typical Audi driving feel and appeal, the e-tron GT is being described as “highly dynamic” with a greater focus on performance driving.

To us, that description sounds an awful lot like what the Taycan will be all about, but then again Porsche and Audi have already managed to carve out unique driving and performance personalities for themselves. It makes sense for this carry over to the upcoming EVs. And speaking of EVs, don’t think for a moment that the e-Tron SUV, Sportback, and GT will be Audi’s only EVs. Quite the opposite. By 2025, the German automaker plans to have at least 10 EVs on the road.

As was done with Tesla, high-end models will arrive first and then more affordable and likely smaller EVs will arrive. We’ll be getting a clearer preview of the Audi e-tron GT at the LA Auto Show late next month where it’s expected to be previewed in concept form.

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Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo Spied As Porsche Confirm Production

What's better than an all-electric Porsche? An all-electric Porsche wagon.

As we look forward to Porsche's first ever electric car, the Taycan, hitting the road, spy shots with ever decreasing amounts of camouflage provide a better idea of what the production model will look like.

We expect the Taycan to arrive in many different flavors and body styles, as previewed by the Mission E Cross Turismo Concept. Now, our spy photographers have captured photos of the prototype version of the Taycan wagon, which will likely adopt the Sport Turismo name used on the Panamera. The Taycan Sport Turismo will likely arrive soon after the standard Taycan in 2019 and offer a bit more usability in the trunk.

Unlike the Mission E Cross Turimso, they Taycan Sport Turismo looks like it will have a normal ride height, rather than a raised, SUV-like profile. Of course, a lifted off-road-oriented Taycan could arrive as a later model.

Today, Porsche confirmed that as the Mission e Cross Turismo was so well received it was green-lighting it for production.

The Taycan is expected to arrive with various levels of power, ranging from 400 to 600 horsepower in Taycan Carrera, Taycan Carrera S, and Taycan Turbo trims, though the most potent model will include 600 hp and a 310-mile range. All-wheel-drive is expected to be standard, though a cheaper RWD model may come later on. There is also a small possibility that the Taycan will be rear-wheel-drive from the start and offer AWD as an option.

Like the Panamera Sport Turismo, the Taycan Sport Turismo will offer increased luggage space and rear passenger headroom due to its higher roof line. It's difficult to tell based on the spy shots but we'd assume the standard Taycan will have only four seats while the Sport Turismo will add a middle seat in the rear.

We don't know if the Taycan Sport Turimso will arrive alongside the standard car but this prototype does look just as production-ready as the other Taycans we've seen, so it may not be long before we see the production version.

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Will The Porsche Taycan Look Like This?

If so, which color do you prefer?

The all-electric Porsche Taycan is set to debut sometime next year and will go on sale as a 2020 model. Obviously, it’s a big deal because the sleek sedan is the beginning of a new era for the famed German carmaker, an era that will see a full lineup of electrified Porsches (don’t worry, the 911 will retain its flat-six for the foreseeable future).

As first previewed by the Mission-E concept, the production-spec Taycan will strongly resemble that stunning concept, evidenced by recent spy shots of pre-production mules caught testing. And it’s because of those detailed enough spy shots that the folks over at Taycan Forum were able to create these detailed renderings of the 2020 Taycan. For the record, we like it in yellow.

What these renderings don’t have, a key styling feature on the Mission-E, are the suicide doors. They’ve been swapped out in favor of conventional doors which were clearly visible in the spy images. The renderings’ designer also made sure not to include exhaust tips because, well, it’s an EV. Porsche (poorly) attempted to disguise the Taycan test mule as something else by bolting on fake rear exhaust pipes.

What the Taycan will have, however, are two powerful all-electric motors that will produce an output ranging from 400 to 600 hp, depending on trim level (Carrera, Carrera S, or Turbo).

One motor will be located at the front axle while the second will be at the rear driving the rear wheels. Thanks to high-voltage lithium-ion batteries, the Taycan is expected to have a range of over 310 miles. It will also have fast-charging capabilities enabling 80 percent charge in only 15 minutes. Like any all-electric vehicles, such as its main competitor, the Tesla Model S, the Taycan will have a floor-mounted battery pack. Because of this, its center of gravity will be even lower than that of the rear-engined 911. Without question, it will drive like a proper Porsche.

We don’t know when and where exactly the Taycan will officially debut, Geneva in March or at LA in late 2019, but we’ll definitely be learning a lot more about it in the coming months. For now, enjoy these highly detailed rendered images.

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