Porsche Taycans and Autocar set THIRTEEN new distance and speed records

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When Autocar's Colin Goodwin suggested to Porsche that it would be cool to set some electric vehicle speed and distance records, Porsche took it -very- seriously. And so a few weeks ago we lined up at Brands Hatch with a Porsche Taycan Turbo S and a Porsche Taycan 4S in historic racing colours, aiming to set a dozen distance and speed records. To help, Porsche brought a bevy of racing drivers including current Porsche Carrera Cup and Sprint champions, former F1 and sports car ace Jonathan Palmer, and Porsche living legend Richard Attwood. Then there was Autocar's Goodwin. Starting and finishing in darkness, over 13 hours the team of six drivers and two cars set records for 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 kilometres, as well as for 50, 100, 200 and 500 miles. They also turned in one-hour, three-hour, six-hour and 12-hour records. The crowning achievement of the bid, full details of which are laid out over 10 pages in Autocar magazine's 27 January 2021 issue, was the 1000km record, achieved in almost exactly 13 hours, the record run beginning in darkness at 7am and finishing a few seconds after 8pm that night. Here Goodwin brings you the full story. Created by Grip Productions
Date: 2022-04-17

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Comments and reviews: 5

Arpedk
I do not understand how you get to 13 hours for 1000 km. I can see that the ICE race of 1970 finished in about 6 hours.
The Taycan on the Autobahn should easily get below 10 hours for 1000 km (incl. charging time. Why would they spend 3 more hours on this course?
And also, was there really a record before doing this?
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Garry
Taycan EV's being charged by diesel generators? Yep, that's the future right there! -I've been corrected: bigarse batteries! Ya learn something new every day! -
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autos
This is a dumb test. Seriously Porsche is trying to show that their car has good range but it doesn't even though it costs more than double the competitors.
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S2000Y
Just dull and shows that for 625 miles you spend the best part of 3 hours charging. I would rather see how far the cars went going flag out.
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Sean
THIS is the way to do car commercials! Interesting that the 4S was actually about 2kph faster than the Turbo S over distance!
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