Porsche Taycan GTS Review - Time to exchange the Tesla?
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- čas přidán 18. 09. 2022
- So after an unfortunate event with the 911 (all explained in the intro) I took a visit to @porschenottingham to see Tom Hale and borrow this ice grey Taycan GTS to use as my daily driver for a week.
Here you have my thoughts on this £100,000+ 4 door saloon that tops the EV league tables in almost all areas!
But can this car justify a Porsche Logo?
AND will it make a case for the perfect all rounder?
Join me to find out...
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At 12:15 you were speaking of the sound dropping down, the Taycan does have a two speed gearbox on rear and it’s used in Sport and Sport+ modes and Normal if you really nail it. 1st gear up to about 50-60mph then second.
I have had a 2020 4S for nearly 2 years and 43k miles. It’s am amazing vehicle in my opinion.
Oh that makes sense now - thank you for confirming 👌
Nice review thankyou. We have a Cayenne E Hybrid and a 718 Cayman S and the Taycan might eventually be a replacement for the Cayenne. Still love the feel and sound from a petrol engine and the cost to change is still too much. If you are running an EV from home everyday and have a driveway, then it makes sense otherwise the infrastructure just isn’t there yet
Thank you for the view and thoughts Alan 👌
I’ve been following you for a while & I’ve dumped the M2C for a Tesla M3. Best decision I’ve ever made ❤
Cheers Rob
(I think) 😂
The Taycan would be the only electric car that I would have I think. I work over in Norway and I’ve never seen so many of them. Porsche Centre in Bergen had about 10 in the showroom last year.
Yes I think they have shifted good numbers by all accounts 👌
Few that I would consider but this would definitely feature!
@@CarMadDad I’ve seen a couple where I live in Scotland. They do stand out from the crowd for sure. I definitely prefer then alloys on this one compared to the other options.
Yeah they are ways to spot on the road - look the 🐶 🥜
It was a ride in a Taycan that convinced me electric was the way forward. Although I suspect the options on that car cost as much as your Brabus Roadster! and that's where it all goes wrong for me. So I bought a Tesla Y which I love.
You may be correct on the options coatings chappy (isn’t that the Porsche way) 😂
We have a Tesla Y too… Great minds 👌 😛
Hi. What was the real world range like?
Very good chap - obviously driving style dependent however as quoted and in range mode in particular v good.
Thanks. Do you think 275 miles is realistic driving sensibly in Range Mode?
Absolutely
Thanks.
I care too much about cleaning up the environment to buy an electric car. Their carbon footprint (look it up before replying, battery mining, manufacturing and shipping is amongst the dirtiest processes in existence) and batteries, no matter how they are made are a non renewable resource, this is a dead end for the environment. Hydrogen is our only clean option if we really care about the environment.
I’m in no particular point of authority to comment on such topics chap
I’ll let the experts advise 🤔
To much power is lost through energy vectoring, It loses 72% of its original electricity through it.
Scientists have proven that batteries are far cleaner than fossil fuels and hydrogen fuel cells.
Yes you are correct with batteries being extremely bad for the environment but, with new developments in technology, this is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Tesla and the Chinese have moved onto LFP batteries which require less intensive manufacturing and they are made out of materials that are easier to recycle.
Evs don’t produce any tailpipe emissions which means that there’s less overall pollution such as NOx, NO and Co2. Yes the grid my be powered by fossil fuels but yet again, scientists have proven that evs running of fossil fuel electricity are way more efficient than our current ice cars. Now obviously with the introduction of renewable energy, it will become cleaner. If you take a car from brand new to when it finally dies, it will continuously produce pollution from its power source. An ev, it’s emissions are produced during its manufacturing process and then it stops and the more you drive it, the more it lowers the carbon footprint.
Another thing to consider is the energy efficiency. At most, ice cars are 35% energy efficient meaning the rest of that fuel is wasted in heat loss. An ev taking AC power from the grid, converting it to DC power in the battery and then back into AC power for the motors are about 70-80% efficient meaning that there’s less heat loss.
Hydrogen fuel cells only really make sense for large scale commercial vehicles like trucks, ships, aircraft etc. they are heavy, only about 30% energy efficient and expensive to manufacture and buy. Plus that they require an insane amount of infrastructure to use which requires gas storage like LPG makes the whole thing more difficult.
An interesting solution I have studied at university is to bring back lpg but instead have Calor gas which is Gas made from sustainable sources like plant waste. Problem is that car manufacturers aren’t interested in fossil fuel technology anymore. Imagine a Ferrari running on biogas? It means we can keep our sports and super cars and also be sustainable about it.
That’s my 2 pence.