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We get a rare look at Porsche Taycan’s trunk and automatic charge port spotted on a camouflaged prototype at a charging station in Italy.
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Tesla Model 3 is now entering the European market and it is making some automakers nervous. According to a new report, Porsche and Audi reverse-engineered Tesla’s new electric car and they were quite surprised by its cost.
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Porsche today announced a deal with Electrify America, VW’s EV charging network born out of the Deiselgate settlement with the U.S. government, to provide upcoming Taycan owners with “three years of charging at Electrify America public stations across the country.”
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Porsche shared a few more details about the production version of its upcoming all-electric Taycan based on the most frequently asked questions by its Norwegian reservation holders.
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Porsche says that the facade of its new factory that will build the Taycan, its first all-electric vehicle, is coated with a material able to absorb nitrogen dioxide – a pollutant its cheating diesel cars were actually emitting.
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Porsche is reportedly doubling the planned production capacity for the Taycan, its first all-electric vehicle, to a massive 40,000 units per year, according to a German report.
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Porsche Taycan, the German premium automaker’s first all-electric vehicle, is being put to the test by rally legend Walter Röhrl as part of its development program ahead of the launch later this year.
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We are still about a year away from Porsche starting the production of the Taycan, its first all-electric vehicle, but the company is already seeing some strong demand.

The German automaker claims that they have a year worth of pre-orders and Tesla owners are the top Taycan reservation holders.
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The metrics of comparison are changing in the auto industry with the electric revolution. The range is an obvious one and another that Tesla has been pushing is the 0-60 mph acceleration, which they have basically mastered.

Now Porsche wants to push a different electric vehicle metric with the Taycan: range per 24 hours with charging.
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Porsche announced today that it is adding a new 32-tonne all-electric truck to its commercial fleet to be used for the preparation of the production of the Taycan, Porsche’s first all-electric vehicle.
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A new Porsche electric car prototype has achieved a new record charge rate of 400 kW at a new upgraded ‘ultra-high-power’ station as part of the “FastCharge” consortium.
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Porsche’s first all-electric vehicle, the Taycan, is already proving to be in higher demand than the automaker anticipated.

The German automaker says that they are going to increase the planned production of the Taycan after seeing high demand – though it could be split between the 4-door sedan version and the Cross Turismo version.
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As Porsche is trying to bring to market its first all-electric vehicle, they look admiringly at Tesla’s success, which they see as “astonishing” when it comes to volume and pricing.
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With the upcoming launch of their first all-electric vehicle, Porsche has been emphasizing that the vehicle will “still be a Porsche” despite its new electric powertrain.

Now the German premium automaker adds that it will differentiate itself from other EVs with a relatively light performance electric vehicle.
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Porsche has said that ‘Tesla is not a benchmark for them’ in the development of the Taycan, the German automaker’s first all-electric car. But it is clearly part of their plan as Taycan prototypes have been spotted being benchmarked against an older Tesla Model S.
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Porsche’s board has officially given the greenlight to bring an all-electric CUV version of the Taycan to production based on the Mission E Cross Turismo concept unveiled earlier this year.
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We already know a lot about Porsche’s upcoming Taycan all-electric vehicle, but its price is probably the biggest unknown at this point.

Now we get a better idea as the Taycan program manager confirms that the all electric Porsche will be priced between the Cayenne and the Panamera.
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Porsche is investing a lot of money in the launch of the Taycan, its first all-electric vehicle, and it wants its U.S. dealers to do the same.

The German automaker is ramping up its effort to deploy charging infrastructure ahead of the arrival of the car and it is turning to its dealers to foot part of the bill.
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There are many electric vehicles expected to hit the market next year, but Porsche’s Taycan, formerly known as the Mission E, might be the most anticipated one.

Porsche now says that it “enters the electric era with the new Taycan” and shares some details about its progress toward production.
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As part of the Volkswagen group, Porsche is participating in several different universal electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects, like Electrify America and Ionity, but the premium automaker is also working on its own Porsche charging stations.

Today, Porsche unveils its plan for electric vehicle fast-charging stations: Electric pit stop.
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In a solid cross-promotional effort, DJI released some beautiful new drone footage of the Porsche Taycan electric concept driving on mountain roads filmed with their new DJI Mavic 2.
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