Porsche doesn’t lock out ICE turbos for launch control only, so locking EV overboost is not even consistent with their other products. The only reason I can think of is they couldn’t or wouldn’t (due to costs perhaps) engineer overboost for reliable repeated performance. I bet locking it down under LC cuts its usage 100x or more (for me infinite since I never use LC, but my accelerator does hit the floor multiple times per drive).
Why did you choose Turbo S then? Outside of LC Turbo has the same power. What I was shopping, my fairly loaded configuration was still yielding $30K difference between Turbo and Turbo S (US market). It was the primary reason for me choosing Turbo. The others were I didn't want ceramic brakes (need warmup for optimum performance, given recuperation normal driving leaves them cold, plus they are very expensive to replace should they get dinged up in gravel mode type driving) or powered charge port (blocks the air scarf flow).
It's only widening in a usecase which you (or I, or most people) never use. It might as well be "if GPS detects you are at Nürburgring track, your Turbo S gets a power boost over Turbo, same elsewhere". Then Porsche marketing can claim Turbo S superiority over Turbo on track, but execs can sleep soundly knowing very few cars will ever come back as a warranty claim due to the Nürburgring boost.
Why do we need a button? My wife's eTron has overboost available any time the accelerator drops low enough while in sport mode, limited to some time duration and frequency of use. This makes total sense. The only reason I can think of Porsche not doing it is their bean-counters are scared shitless of the battery damage overboost might cause (resulting in warranty claims) if allowed to be used daily.
I think you're right.
Neh, overboost is always qualified with "depends on battery temperature, state of charge, age, etc, etc". It's by definition not guaranteed even in Porsche LC (park your Taycan at -10C, then power it up and enable LC and see if you get full power, I bet you won't even get full non-LC power). Tesla and Audi solve it very easily (other probably too, just mentioning the two brands I've owned), they show you on the instrument cluster what your power limit is at a particular time. Tesla does not delineate overboost, they just show you total power available, Audi shows you total power but splits it into regular and overboost regions, with the overboost range only available in Sport mode. This problem has been solved, Porsche just refused to do it, which makes me think their design is shaky and they are scared to use use it. Or maybe there was some old marketing geezer somewhere saying "we cannot let Taycan Turbo S beat a 911 Turbo S on the track" - raw power can overcome handling deficiencies and weight, hence Tesla Model S Plaid beat the Porsche Taycan Turbo S around the Nürburgring.
I'd guess it was applied to all, though the Turbo S benefits from an extra 21.6% peak power against the Turbo's 8.8%.
Translation - We've realized a bunch of hoons bought TS's
Or in my area "they've made it a full second quicker to jail and a suspended license"
