The Porsche Taycan made its debut in 2015 as the Mission E concept car at that year's Frankfurt Motor Show.Based on Porsche's newly designed J1 platform (which also underpins the latest Panamera), it represented the Stuttgart-based brand's first foray into all-electric vehicles.On the occasion of the Porsche brand's 70th anniversary, they unveiled their first all-electric sedan, the Taycan, which has been loved by enthusiasts around the world.
The name Taycan means "Soul of a Spirited Young Horse" and is inspired by the leaping horse in the Porsche shield. Today's focus is on the 2025 Porsche Taycan.
Appearance: 911 + Panamera
Everyone's understanding of refinement is certainly different, but when the vast majority of people have a sense of unanimity, then there's no doubt that it's a successful product.Let's put it this way, when the Taycan comes into view, it's still easy to interpret the sense of luxury car because everyone knows it's a Porsche.
Sleek proportions, crisp lines, and an exaggerated athletic stance are sure to please no one.Both retained the very classic shape of the Porsche 911, but also Panamera such can GT sports car flavor, it is difficult to make people do not like.
The 4963mm body length does not look long on the actual car, but rather looks quite compact, and the 2900mm wheelbase allows for a "normal ride" in the back.
The Taycan's headlight design is very interesting. Although the four-point headlights are Porsche's family design language, the Taycan's headlight clusters are connected to longitudinal aerodynamic openings and the headlights are not too large, with the four-point LED daytime running lights made into a horizontal shape.
Interior: instrumentation downplays sportiness, adds techiness
The 2025 Porsche Taycan's center console features a full LCD instrument cluster with a large 10.9-inch in-dash center screen, and a design layout with an air-conditioning touchscreen and an optional passenger touchscreen display.
The newly designed 12.3-inch full LCD instrument cluster downplays the sportiness and adds a sense of technology compared to Porsche's classic 5-barrel design.
The new 12.3-inch center screen houses Porsche's latest in-car infotainment system and integrates the upgraded Apple CarPlay system.
The Taycan's storage capacity isn't bad, and the front trunk is so organized that you can put a suitcase in it with no problem.
Taycan is a four-seat layout, the rear space to give you a reference, the experience of the height of 180cm, legroom is acceptable, not top head, normal ride did not feel uncomfortable, four people traveling together no problem, non-exceptional large pieces of luggage also have a place to put.
Engine
The Taycan entry model is powered by a powertrain with a maximum power of 300kW and a peak torque of 345N-m, paired with a 79.2kWh Li-ion ternary battery, with a top speed of 230km/h. The total capacity of the battery is 79.2kWh, and the official net capacity is also given as 71kWh, with a range of 430km, while the real-world range is calculated based on the driving style, energy consumption and other relevant factors in the recent period.The actual apparent range will be based on the driving style, the vehicle's recent energy consumption and other related factors, so as to deduce the vehicle's real-time driving range. So you don't have to worry too much about the official range, which is 360km on a 100% charge, so the Taycan's apparent range is, responsibly, very tightly calibrated!
The Taycan (Turbo S) is equipped with the Porsche Performance Battery Upgrade Package with a total capacity of 93.4 kWh. The Taycan Turbo S has a maximum range of 450 kilometers, and its twin asynchronous motors are (in effect) controlled by two separate gearboxes located on the front and rear axles respectively.
The Taycan Turbo S produces 761 hp and a massive 1,050 Nm of torque!As a result, the stylish four-door coupe reaches 100 km/h in just 2.8 seconds thanks to its advanced all-wheel drive system, despite a total weight of 2.3 tons. At the same time, the Taycan Turbo S reaches a top speed of up to 260 km/h.
Taycan's transmission system, because he is a 2-speed electric transmission, compared to Porsche 8 DCT PDK transmission, in the process of acceleration and deceleration, without the need to inhibit stuttering, almost instantaneous response to you give it a strength, so as to achieve a particularly responsive driving experience.
With the support of the electric motor, the acceleration threshold has become lower and lower, and the common conclusion of the fuel car era that "expensive = fast" has also been broken.However, it is hard to imagine that the exterior of the Porsche Taycan hides a chassis experience that is even more refined and moist than that of an executive-class luxury car.
The chassis of the Taycan is so good that when you drive over a speed bump for the first time, you will be amazed by the suspension's ability to filter vibrations, and the air suspension is able to neutralize impacts in a way that is not exaggerated to say that it can reach the level of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
For daily driving, the air suspension for the road surface is relatively small bumps, filtering is not really complete, still retain some road feel, but this road feel and 911 sports cars such as a far cry, is the kind of ordinary driving will not cause discomfort state, the comfort and sports neutralization of just the right amount.
The chassis is very strong, bringing the intuitive feeling that it is too neat.The air suspension not only drops to the height of two fingers in sport mode, but also changes the hardness of the shock absorbers, which brings sufficient support to cope with the sideways tilt in the curves. Since the battery pack is located directly under the chassis, the center of gravity of the whole car is undoubtedly more advantageous than that of a fuel car, and the precise steering can better control the direction of the front of the car, which is very nerve-racking in the sport mode. In sport mode, the driver can be very nervous, any small movements can be felt without delay in the case of feedback on the vehicle, this feeling of human-vehicle unity can only be understood by experiencing it.I'm afraid that only Porsche can make the electronically assisted steering wheel feel so real.
The basic Taycan model still doesn't fully satisfy
As the subtitle suggests, if you've driven a Taycan 4S or a Tesla before, the entry-level Taycan will probably disappoint you a bit in terms of power: 0-100km/h in 5.4 seconds, and the G-value brought about by pressing the accelerator pedal full force in the same place isn't quite as high as you'd expect, which is of course enough to make passengers in the car raise an eyebrow.For 80% of the population, such an acceleration experience is certainly enough, but if you've driven some EVs that take just over 3 or 4 seconds to go from 0-100km/h, it's still easy to feel the difference.
The calm accelerator pedal setting also inherits the feeling of Porsche fuel cars as always, so you don't have to worry about the strong torque of the motor to make the whole car easy to drive more uncomfortable.The accelerator pedal is obviously designed as a "two-stage", in NORMAL mode, three-quarters of the way down, you will feel your foot is slightly pushed up, and then step down again to experience the "full throttle" feeling.
In SPORT mode, the two power outputs are changed to one, with less restriction in the middle of the NORMAL mode, giving the driver 0-100% power output according to the opening of the accelerator pedal; SPORT PLUS is the most aggressive mode, with the accelerator pedal becoming more sensitive.
Electronic sports car sound effects need to spend money on optional, simulated sound waves can not only bake the atmosphere of the cabin, the car can also be heard outside, valuable is a very strong sense of reality, through the creation of the motor roar sound effects to bake the acceleration process, and with the accelerator pedal opening and closing angle, will be coordinated to bring the whole real sound effects.This is also the least offensive "analog sound" on the market.
Kinetic Energy Recovery is off by default, and can be turned on via the buttons on the left side of the steering wheel and the "Slide" menu on the large screen.There's no way to adjust the power of kinetic energy recuperation, it's only on and off, and the braking effort is minimal compared to the Tesla, and the Taycan doesn't have the Tesla's single-pedal mode.
Charging
Charging is done using the same 800V high voltage technology used on the Porsche 919 Hybrid, which adds 100km of range in just 5 minutes when the battery pack is charged at DC.With the 800V High Voltage charging station, it takes just 30 minutes to charge from 5% to 80%, while the standard 150kW on-board DC charger and 11kW on-board AC charger can also fully charge the battery in just nine hours when charging with 220V domestic AC.
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Summary
Back to the question of whether or not the Taycan is worth buying, if you're all about driving and don't want to think about all the fancy stuff and features that come with Chinese EVs, then Porsche won't let you down, and that's true for fuel cars as well as for trams so far.The Taycan is still at heart a driving machine that can go down the track at any time, but at the same time you don't have to worry about it being hard to drive every day.Aside from the still very sports car-like seating position and the less than graceful getting in and out of the car, the whole ride is better than the Pammy, personally.
In terms of product experience, the Taycan's "mechanical literacy" delivered by its electric car status is the most extreme and highest degree of reproduction among current electric car models.
Adrian is an Editor. Psychology graduate with over 4 years in the automotive industry, 3 in front of the camera. Occasionally seen at his family owned tyre shop. He will only buy cars that pass the big bottle test.
