Last month we received a name: Taycan. As evocative as Mission E was for a concept, it was clear that it wasn't going to cut it in Porsche's current naming scheme. The name is apparently roughly translated from Uzbek and is meant to invoke a "lively young horse." Upon looking at the recently-released specifications, this will be a very lively young …
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Porsche Installs First 800v Charging Station
Porsche's new innovative "Turbo Charging" station has seen its first customer facing installation this week featuring a pair of 800-volt charging stations in anticipation of the new Taycan full electric sedan set to launch early next year. Current DC fast-charging stations for electric cars normally operate at a voltage of around 400, which …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Buys A Stake In Croatian Electric Supercar Manufacturer Rimac
This morning, Porsche sent us an email with the following sentence in it, "Porsche AG has invested in the technology and electric sports car company Rimac Automobili by taking a minority shareholding of ten per cent." That sounds great, but what the heck is Rimac Automobili? Well, in case you hadn't yet heard of them, they're a young and small …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Launches App-Integrated Charging Service
Porsche is now offering a free app to tie-in with their electric models to simplify charging. The new digital platform is designed to integrate with all aspects of the charging process. The service is capable of searching for charging stations and storing data in a central location to handle payment, forgoing multiple logins for different users. …
Continue to the full articleTaycan: That’s the Official Name of the The Production Version Of The Mission E Concept
Earlier today, Porsche CEO Oliver Blume made the announcement that the production version of company's all-electric sports sedan concept now be known as the the Taycan. During Porsche's 70th anniversary celebration, Blume continued by explaining that the name is meant to invoke a "lively, young horse" in what appears to be a rough Uzbek …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Mission E Cross Turismo Concept Driven For The First Time
Porsche's EV future has been teased by a pair of Mission E concepts, one a swoopy sport sedan that looks like the future, and the other a tall wagon that looks quite similar to a current production Panamera Sport Turismo on stilts. While both feature components that would identify them strictly as concepts, the latter looks to us to be mostly …
Continue to the full articleAdam Levine Takes Porsche’s Mission E Out For A Lap
Adam Levine is, among many things a solo artist, front man for the band Maroon 5, one of the hosts of "The Voice", and a die hard Porsche fanatic. He's got a 356 Speedster and, rumor has it, a 911 Carrera 2.7 RS Touring in his garage for driving around Los Angeles and the nearby mountain passes. Because he's a big famous man about town, Porsche …
Continue to the full articleMark Webber Says The Mission E is a “Game Changer”
Normally background music ruins driving videos. With the Mission E, that is not really the case. There simply isn't much to listen to. Even with Mark Webber at the wheel the soundtrack coming from the car was little more than tire noise. With more than 600 horsepower on tap in its top form, the Mission E's straight line performance was never in …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s EV Network Will Charge You For A Charge
Tesla rose to notoriety, at least in part, by building a huge cross-country network of super-fast charging stations, and offering their customers free use of those stations for a limited time. It was partially a marketing exercise to draw in clients with inexpensive operating costs. Even now that Tesla has saddled their entry-level Model 3 …
Continue to the full articleTake an Augmented Reality Walkthrough of the Mission E
A good friend of mine is a campus security guard at a local college. Day in and day out he walks the campus, step by step improving his Pokemon Go game. Many games like Pokemon Go are centered around either working with a user's step count, or Virtual Reality. Porsche's new endeavor in augmented reality eschews both of these goals in favor of …
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