Taycan Sets Under 40 Hour Coast to Coast EV Cannonball Record -- NY to LA EV Race

[Fun TC Driving]

Kyle, Drew and Tainan just did it! Using only CCS chargers.



Here’s the actual video on the 39:29 hour record run:

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[JimBob]

The more I see of these reviews, the more I think the Taycan has gotten a bad wrap on resale values.

 

[Fun TC Driving]

Sorry Tijmen for spelling your name wrong above…

Here’s the actual video on the 39:29 hour record run:

 

[Jonathan S.]

Almost a minute and a half of video for every hour of crosscountry driving, classic Kyle!

 

[ze_shark]

They say that their charge strategy was 65%, but what was their target cruise speed ?

The ICE record is a scarcely believable 25h39.

 

[Vercingetorix]

Almost a minute and a half of video for every hour of crosscountry driving, classic Kyle!

The entire state of Iowa and all its features should only take about 10 seconds.

 

[RAHRCR]

I find the titles of some of his videos interesting but they are so poorly edited that I just can’t watch.

 

[CAGCTG]

We have a ‘23 Taycan GTS with 21” wheels. The very best ranged we’ve achieved is 220 mi, and we’ve never seen better than 200 kW on EA, mostly under 150 kW. Drove San Diego to Montana and back this summer. Have you all road tripped a more performance oriented J1.2 Taycan, and what range can be expected?

 

[refazi]

Anyone knows if the car is still a loaner or they bought it?

 

[Fun TC Driving]

This was a press loaner from Porsche to Kyle.

 

[iamai]

I find the titles of some of his videos interesting but they are so poorly edited that I just can’t watch.

one time he, that Kyle guy said on Rivian forums that youtube incentivizes him to monetize his videos by making them longer. i flipped an off switch on his channel ever since.
he and his team are f...g leechers and should get a real jobs!

But what i dont know the answer for is why the OEMs continue to let him "review" the cars. I mean he even had stupid Rolls Royce give him a Spectre to "review". Show me a single sale that occurred as a result of someone watching that video!

 

[Fun TC Driving]

I have learned a ton from watching his videos, especially a massive amount about the Taycan and in the last year about the Macan. I have also enjoyed several of his videos about other EV’s. To those who never want to watch them, easy to ignore them. I will keep watching and learning.

YMMV.

 

[Tooney]

But what i dont know the answer for is why the OEMs continue to let him "review" the cars. I mean he even had stupid Rolls Royce give him a Spectre to "review". Show me a single sale that occurred as a result of someone watching that video!

Why OEMs give Kyle cars to review???????
Hundreds of thousands views and subscribers - that's why.

 

[ze_shark]

And he is obsessed with EV thingies, charging, range, acceleration on a good day, which tends to dominate all things BEVs. That and display size. So i can see why he gets slots on press car schedules (which is not that difficult, honestly).

Beside the scandalously lazy editing, i posit that the BEV generation does not understand cars. Everything less sparse than a Tesla is deemed luxury, range dominates the whole experience, and gimmicks on a super large screen are supposed to save you from boredom.

Contrast this with videos by Chris Harris or Henry Catchpole, where you get the sense that these guys understand cars. Not as devices to move a battery pack from station to station, but as objects of desire and elation.

 

[Jhenson29]

I read that the Cybertruck did the Cannonball run faster than a Taycan, while also towing a Taycan…although closer inspection revealed they only actually made it to Kansas.

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