Saar: It will have over 600PS of power and, on a single charge, will be able to travel more than 500km.

It was in June this year when Porsche christened the Mission E Concept as the Taycan. It is destined to become Porsche’s first pure-electric offering and it will enter production sometime next year. For the time being, Porsche has revealed some specifications of the Taycan. It will house two permanently synchronous electric motors – one each for the front and rear axles. The combined oomph from the two motors will surpass the 600PS mark. That should be plenty for the Porsche Taycan to hit 100kmph and 200kmph from a standstill in less than 3.5 seconds and in under 12 seconds respectively. To put those numbers in perspective, the Taycan will accelerate faster than the Porsche Panamera Turbo.

Feeding the electric motors with the required juice will be a lithium-ion battery pack. Porsche says that “4-volts are packed into each of the cells in an 800-volt battery”. On a full charge, the Porsche Taycan can travel more than 500km and thanks to the fast charging technology, it can gain 80 per cent of its juices in just 15 minutes. As per Porsche, the Taycan 800-volt technology uses thinner cables to connect. That helps in weight-saving – a must in a heavy powertrain setup. As far as charging options are concerned, the Porsche Taycan will be able to juice-up using a standard charging technology at home or using fast-chargers in the cities or highways. Although, Porsche Engineering – Porsche’s in-house subsidiary – is pursuing a modular in-house concept for ultra-fast charging parks.

After it goes on sale, Porsche expects to retail 20,000 units of the Taycan per annum. That’s about two-thirds of the 911’s annual sales. The company has been extensively testing Taycan in varied situations. While it hasn’t shared how many prototypes have been produced to date, it did mention that they are in “3 figures”. All those test mules were put together by “40 specialists”. Porsche shipped 21 out of those “3 figures” to the western part of South Africa where more than 60 Porsche developers have clocked around 40,000km.

By the end of the testing phase, all the prototypes of the Porsche Taycan together would have racked-up “millions of kilometres”. Porsche wants the Taycan to run like “clockwork” in all types of conditions. To support the existence of EVs (electric vehicles), Porsche has joined hands with various other biggies from the automotive world, such as BMW Group, Daimler AG and Ford Motor Company. Together they are busy laying the groundwork for setting-up fast-charging stations across Europe.