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Porsche Taycan Sets Record.. DESTROY's Tesla
The Porsche Taycan just completed the cannonball run from New York to L.A, a record previously held by Tesla.
The Porsche Taycan tdid it without the use of Tesla Supercharger network and instead used the E.A network. They did it with a car with an EPA rating of nearly half of Tesla's and they did it in a far less efficient vehicle in the middle of winter, vs the Tesla who set the record in the summer.
"Taycan proved to be a massively capable road-tripping machine. Its interior was near-silent, provided a fantastic ride quality, and even had massaging seats—the epitome of a German luxury sedan meant to break records like this."
https://www.thedrive.com/news/38578/a-porsche-taycan-just-beat-tesla-for-the-fastest-ev-cannonball-run-record
The Porsche Taycan tdid it without the use of Tesla Supercharger network and instead used the E.A network. They did it with a car with an EPA rating of nearly half of Tesla's and they did it in a far less efficient vehicle in the middle of winter, vs the Tesla who set the record in the summer.
"Taycan proved to be a massively capable road-tripping machine. Its interior was near-silent, provided a fantastic ride quality, and even had massaging seats—the epitome of a German luxury sedan meant to break records like this."
https://www.thedrive.com/news/38578/a-porsche-taycan-just-beat-tesla-for-the-fastest-ev-cannonball-run-record
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My friend @Bighorn and I could beat that without needing EV America and Porsche on speed dial.
That says it all!
Regular Joe Schmoe without access to the engineers at both of these companies on their speed dial, you will be stuck in Ohio. Forever!
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600 mike range. Charge every 400 miles. Average 78mph driving.
I think we could break 40 hours pretty easily. Just a WAG at this point.
Tesla is winning in their goal to accelerate the world to sustainable energy. We'll start to see times set by other cars in the next year - a Mach-E perhaps, maybe a VW ID.x. In 2022, there'll be another dozen cars that will be able to make the trip. In 2023, hopefully every manufacturer will have a model that can try. They'll be catching up with Tesla circa, perhaps, 2015: https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/591/this-team-just-broke-the-ev-cross-country-record-in-the-tesla-model-s?iid=sr-link2
and that's a good thing. By 2030, I truly hope all the manufacturers who haven't gone bankrupt will have caught up with where Tesla is today, and all the smog-belching, poison-consuming ICE vehicles of today will be well on their way to the junkyard. And the California's of the world won't need to worry about mandating the demise of ICE, because it will have happened naturally.
Sounds like a celebration of EV tech.
> The more impressive part of it is the taycan having an epa rated range less than the sr+ while doing the run in the winter vs the old record being done in the summer with a more efficient and far superior range.
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> Sounds like a celebration of EV tech.
Some folks are just easily impressed, it’s kind of like water being wet, impressive
> There should be an asterisk since it was a modified vehicle, to charge faster.
I wouldn't quit call it a modified charging system. Not sure why the communications with EA since the car has the same battery heating option the Tesla has just before your ready to charge the car.
The Model 3 can charge faster than a Taycan from what I've heard.
> Barely beat a lowly Model 3 with a much lower top speed and probably a sane driver not willing to risk their lives and those of others going 160 mph on a public road.
A lowly model 3? The model 3 had significantly more range. A better charging network. More efficient. Did it in warmer weather. The drivers were the same. He set the record in his tesla, now beat it in the taycan. Average speed was less than 70mph if you're trying to claim they were driving 160mph the entire time.
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https://insideevs.com/news/404931/porsche-taycan-turbo-road-trip/