While the methodology isn't up to our typical snuff, some very early seat time in Porsche's updated EV gives us many reasons to be excited.
Porsche's Taycan holds a special place in our hearts, as Porsche's inaugural electric sports sedan is a blast to drive, especially for an EV. For the refreshed 2025 Taycan, Porsche set out to drastically improve both driving range and the fast-charging curve to enhance the consumer experience, and the company offered us an opportunity to test the merits of these updates in a 2025 prototype. On first observation, one might not notice any exterior changes to the Taycan.
Due to this overall lower speed, our observed 60-mile improvement over the previous car is not entirely comparable, but we would be surprised if a similarly equipped Taycan returned anything less than 310 to 320 miles on our local Michigan loop. Our indicated efficiency clocked in at 3.5 miles per kilowatt-hour, two-tenths higher than the 2021 model.Maybe the most impressive part of the experience was range-estimate accuracy.