2024 Porsche Taycan revealed, Australian pricing confirmed

Prices for the updated model have increased between $7800 and $15,100, with the Taycan now priced between $175,100 and $374,200 before on-road costs.

Porsche claims revisions to the Taycan have improved it in “almost every discipline” with more power, faster charge rates, added battery capacity, and increased driving range.

More than 150,000 examples of the Porsche Taycan electric car have been built in Stuttgart, Germany since it launched in late 2019.

At the other end, the flagship Taycan Turbo S is up 140kW with launch control (now 700kW), allowing for a 0-100km/h sprint in 2.4 seconds – a 0.4s improvement – bringing it closer to the 2.1-second Tesla Model S Plaid.

Recent testing of a pre-series Taycan Turbo S at the Nürburgring saw a record lap time of 7:07.55 minutes for an EV, which is 26 seconds faster than the last time of 7:33 set by the previous Taycan Turbo S with performance package in 2022. The Model S Plaid lapped the Nordschleife in 7:30.909 in 2021, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

A new ‘push-to-pass’ function is included in the Sport Chrono package which can provide a 70kW boost, depending on the variant, for up to 10 seconds.

Under the skin, the Taycan is fitted with new rear-axle motor with up to 80kW more power, a modified pulse inverter with optimised software, more-powerful batteries, revised thermal management, and a new heat pump.

All Taycans can now fast charge from 10 to 80 per cent in 18 minutes at 15 degrees Celsius, thanks to a 50kW faster rate (now 320kW) on an 800-volt charger. Porsche claims this would take 37 minutes under the same conditions in the pre-update Taycan.

It also has an expanded fast-charging window, with 300kW able to be sustained for up to five minutes and “very high charging” being possible more quickly, even at low temperatures.

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Taycan variants fitted with the ‘performance battery plus’ have a larger 105kW gross capacity, up from 93kWh – but the updated battery weighs less than the previous model despite the added capacity.

Porsche says it has shaved up to 15 kilograms from all Taycan models.

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