🚨 2025 Taycan Officially Revealed! Specs, Wallpaper Photos, Videos & US Pricing

[tigerbalm]

Interesting that the 48V system has been removed. I know that in my car the PDCC option uses 48V. Did anything else?

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[WasserGKuehlt]

Interesting you picked out soft close function from that excerpt. I took from that, race track mode, allowing active pre-cooling of the battery before “a more spirited drive”

I picked soft-close because it's been the topic of many laments around here.
I did notice the race track mode, but as I drive a base 4CT, those words did not make sense to me.

 

[Perry]

From the PDF, I love how no one has even mentioned that they've seem to have significantly improved InnoDrive too.

 

[Bognar67]

Yeah, I noticed. My point was it may not come back - at all.

Autogefühl Tomas (1st video) says GTS comes later.

 

[RAHRCR]

This PDF presentation answers a lot of questions about where the extra range comes from for J1 II: Taycan PA Technic Presentation PDF

Source: https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/press-kits/taycan.html

This PDF is a treasure trove of information to geek out on. Hats off to Porsche for an incredible technical accomplishment. I can see why the 2 speed transmission is no longer needed and why they chose to use the additional battery capability for more performance. There is so much more here as well. Shocking to see how much they invested in a “refresh”. This is likely the EV they really wanted to build. From a technical standpoint, all I can say is wow!

 

[Zcd1]

Correction: Battery is 9kg lighter. Vehicle is 15kg lighter overall.

That's good news.

 

[24Neptune]

Electric sports sound now comes out of the stereo – no more dedicated internal speakers.

Speaking of Sport sound, does anyone know from where the sound emanates on the exterior? It's pretty loud which I like…sounds cool and people can hear the car which seems safer.

And where are the dedicated internal speakers located?

P.S. I like the new front fascia…it‘s not THAT different really and at least they didn't separate the headlights which I’m not a fan of. Although likely would have made them too low given how low the front is anyway. I’m mostly pissed they made the RWD .6 sec faster

 

[Bognar67]

I can see why the 2 speed transmission is no longer needed

It has 2 speed transmission still.

 

[WasserGKuehlt]

This PDF is a treasure trove of information to geek out on. Hats off to Porsche for an incredible technical accomplishment. I can see why the 2 speed transmission is no longer needed and why they chose to use the additional battery capability for more performance. There is so much more here as well. Shocking to see how much they invested in a “refresh”. This is likely the EV they really wanted to build. From a technical standpoint, all I can say is wow!

Indeed, was just going to post the same. (And thanks @JonoNZ for the handy pdf link).

This was a thorough reworking of the Taycan (need to snap to lingo, "J1 I"), I'm very pleased to see their continued commitment to this model line. It's definitely here to stay for the long term, despite not being on the "corporate" platform.

One of the slides in the appendix has a deeper breakdown of the mass lost/gained, worth reading.

Lastly, page 14 (screenshot below) shows that very little in the efficiency gains could translate down to J1 I - maybe some of the 4% gained on "optimized drive and recuperation strategy", everything else is new "hardware".

On the "plus" side, their example of a real-world trip (Stuttgart to Barcelona, ~1200km), all of that ~30% efficiency gain translated into ~40m of saved time over 13hrs. I will not sell my car for $20 to @007 over this marginal improvement, so it's all good.

 

[Vercingetorix]

I feel inadequate, again.

 

[JerryLNK]

It has 2 speed transmission still.

Several comments on the 2-speed transmission. I like it. What am I missing, what's the issue?

 

[Bognar67]

Several comments on the 2-speed transmission. I like it. What am I missing, what's the issue?

+1

 

[Tighlines]

After all that and they still didn't address the biggest flaw with the car... the center console.

 

[RAHRCR]

It has 2 speed transmission still.

Not needed though….they can extract significantly more power from the battery now. Have a look at the chart.

 

[JonoNZ]

Interesting that the PCM is different to the Macan EV. No App Store, No YouTube, etc, instead an app I've never heard of call ScreenHits TV. Is this Android Automotive or another derivative? In the press info they say it's the latest generation, so maybe the software version in these early reveal cars is not up-to-date?

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