The Porsche Taycan will be introduced in September and launched onto the market at the end of the year.
Porsche’s first purely electrically driven sports car, the Taycan, is currently completing its final test drives before it enters series production.
In Scandinavia, just a few kilometres away from the Arctic Circle, it is proving its potential in terms of driving dynamics on snow and ice, said a statement.
At the same time, Porsche engineers are taking advantage of the summer in the Southern Hemisphere. In South Africa, they are conducting performance tests, as well as final adjustments in terms of continuous performance and reproducibility.
The 30 countries across the globe in which these comprehensive tests are being carried out have temperatures that range from minus 35 to plus 50 degree Celsius.
The vice-president of the model line, Stefan Weckbach said: “After carrying out computer simulations and comprehensive bench tests early on, we have now reached the final phase of this demanding testing programme.
Before the Taycan is launched on the market at the end of the year, we will have covered approximately six million kilometres across the globe. We are already very happy with the current status of the vehicles. The Taycan is going to be a true Porsche.”
Particularly demanding features such as charging the battery or temperature control of the drive train and the interior under extreme conditions are additional aspects in the battery-powered models.
This meant that development engineers started driving a Taycan around the Nür- burgring Nordschleife in a driving simulator at an early stage, so that they could test and evaluate its circuit performance.
The Porsche Taycan will be introduced in September and will be launched onto the market at the end of the year. Across the globe, there are already more than 20,000 serious prospective buyers. The potential customers have put their names down on an option programme list and made a down payment.
