Porsche Taycan completes a 690 miles range challenge

Porsche did a fun range challenge involving its Porsche Taycan in Sport Sedan, Sport Turismo and Cross Turismo variants in either 4S, Turbo or Turbo S configurations. The challenge was 690 miles-long and started from Koblach, Austria, through Ingolstadt, Germany, before circling back to the starting point.

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Participants had to use only four Porsche charging points and were split into groups of two. After all, driving more than 620 miles in a day is a challenge in any kind of vehicle.

The point was to implement different charging strategies while still aiming to reach the finish in the shortest time possible.

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As per WLTP data, all three versions of the Taycan can get close to 373 miles on a single charge, so drivers would have to aim at around 21.5 kWh/100 km average consumption to make it to the finish line.

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Everyone used different charging strategies, but at the end of the day, the fastest duo reached the destination in 11 hours, with 80% charge left. The Taycan 4S Cross Turismo averaged 25 kWh/100 km at an average speed of around 100 km/h. At a kilowatt hour cost of just $0.46 (Porsche's Charging Service with lower price rates was used), the trip cost was only $146 with the vehicle charged back to 100%. That makes a total consumption of 320 kWh. If an ICE vehicle was used, it would have set them back around twice as much for the same distance, Porsche estimates.

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