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Last week, Porsche finally unveiled its first electric car, the Taycan. In the short time that has passed since, the nameplate has quickly established itself as one of the most desirable sports EVs in the world, partly because of the sheer power of the Porsche name behind it.
After the official online presentation and the unveiling in front of media on three continents, the Taycan is now on the floor of the Frankfurt Motor show, getting ready to meet potential customers in the flesh for the first time.
Production of the Taycan is already underway, having started on Monday, September 9, at the Zuffenhausen facility in Germany. By the end of the year the car that sells starting from $150,900 for the Turbo should be in the hands of its first customers.
The tally for the Taycan a couple of months ago was of about 30,000 pre-orders, a number that makes Porsche confident this new line of cars will be just as successful, if not more so, than the conventionally powered ones.
Taycan's electric powertrain is strong enough to be worthy of the Porsche name (625 ps, but that can be increased using the car's overboost function, and 1,050 Nm of torque), the performance specs are just what you would expect from a vehicle of its caliber (2.6 seconds acceleration time, 260 kph top speed), and the range is more than enough to instantly cure any type of range anxiety (388 - 412 km).
What's more important, this car is a bridge between past and future Porsches, as the company's chairman, Oliver Blume, said when it was unveiled.
"The Taycan links our heritage to the future. It carries forward the success story of our brand – a brand that has fascinated and thrilled people the world over for more than 70 years. This day marks the start of a new era," he said.
And you can see the start of this new era in the photos taken live in Frankfurt and listed in the gallery above.
Production of the Taycan is already underway, having started on Monday, September 9, at the Zuffenhausen facility in Germany. By the end of the year the car that sells starting from $150,900 for the Turbo should be in the hands of its first customers.
The tally for the Taycan a couple of months ago was of about 30,000 pre-orders, a number that makes Porsche confident this new line of cars will be just as successful, if not more so, than the conventionally powered ones.
Taycan's electric powertrain is strong enough to be worthy of the Porsche name (625 ps, but that can be increased using the car's overboost function, and 1,050 Nm of torque), the performance specs are just what you would expect from a vehicle of its caliber (2.6 seconds acceleration time, 260 kph top speed), and the range is more than enough to instantly cure any type of range anxiety (388 - 412 km).
What's more important, this car is a bridge between past and future Porsches, as the company's chairman, Oliver Blume, said when it was unveiled.
"The Taycan links our heritage to the future. It carries forward the success story of our brand – a brand that has fascinated and thrilled people the world over for more than 70 years. This day marks the start of a new era," he said.
And you can see the start of this new era in the photos taken live in Frankfurt and listed in the gallery above.
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