Electric Porsche Taycan Breaks Battery Record By Driving From Los Angeles To New York With 2.5 Hours Of Charge

Tesla, better watch out! Porsche's electric supercar Taycan has broken the record for the shortest charge time needed to cross through the United States for an electric vehicle.

The Porsche Taycan travelled over 4,500 Km (2,800 miles) from coast to coast (Los Angeles to New York ), spending just two hours, 26 minutes and 48 seconds of total charging time to complete, The Independent reported.

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It broke the existing record by nearly three times and was five times better than the record charging time set by a Tesla Model S.

Wayne Gerdes, a self-described professional long-distance traveller and Guinness Record holder for range in other vehicles, was behind the wheel of the Taycan that made the notable journey,

As per Green Car Reports, Gerdes used PlugShare and the Electrify America app to plan out his route. At the majority of charge stops, he took advantage of the Taycan¡¯s Plug-and-Charge compatibility, which automatically recognizes the car and account and takes the credit card or fob scan out of the equation.

¡°I¡¯m proud and honestly a little surprised to have se(e) the new benchmark by such a margin,¡± Gerdes said.

¡°The Taycan performed even better than expected. Its performance, comfort and road holding were excellent, but the standout metric alongside the charging capacity was its efficiency," he added.

The record was completed using a standard 2021 Porsche Taycan, however, emerging battery technologies could soon radically improve the charge times and range of electric vehicles.

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In November last year, Porsche launched Taycan electric supercar in India, the brand's first-ever electric offering in the country.

Porsche is offering the Taycan and Taycan Cross Turismo variants in India. While the Taycan is available in four variants ¨C standard, 4S, Turbo and Turbo S. The Taycan Cross Turismo is offered in three variants ¨C 4S, Turbo and Turbo S, CarAndBike reported.

The Taycan is Porsche¡¯s first all-electric model and shares most of its underpinnings with sister brand Audi's e-tron GT, which is currently the most powerful electric car in India.

Inspired by the iconic 911 of the 1960s, Taycan gets signature sporty characteristics of its IC engine-powered siblings. These include the headlamps with four LED DRL elements and a full-width light bar at the rear. The most attractive highlights are inverted L-shaped LED headlamps with familiar four-pointed integrated LED DRLs.

The Porsche Taycan is offered in various engine configurations. While the entry-level Taycan gets a rear-wheel-drive (RWD) setup making 408 hp, the Taycan 4S gets an all-wheel-drive setup, which is standard on all other Taycan models and gets electric motors mounted on both axles. It delivers up to 530 hp output with overboost activated. The 4S can do 0-100 kmph in a claimed 4.0 sec. The Taycan Cross Turismo 4S makes 571 hp.

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