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 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 articleThe Newest Video from Porsche Spans 70-years in Just 9 Minutes and 11 Seconds
Nine minutes and eleven seconds isn't much time to cover seven decades. The book Excellence Was Expected now covers nearly 1,700 pages. In just over nine minutes one could probably flip-book through a lot of the pages, and enjoy a few photos, but not much else. The latest edition of the 9:11 video magazine covers a lot of ground in not much time, …
Continue to the full articleIntroducing the Mission E Tractor – A Revolution in Farming
In a surprise move today, Porsche announced a return to their agricultural roots with the debut of the Mission E Tractor. Typical of Porsche, expect the Mission E Tractor to be the fastest accelerating agricultural vehicle in the world. Power output is said to be north of 700 hp, all of it available instantly. Farmers are already placing …
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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