Prior to Porsche taking on Tesla with the Taycan, the American brand ruled the electric segment, in performance, efficiency, and luxury, and the Germans weren't happy about it.
It may have been marred by EPA efficiency ratings, which left the Taycan as the least efficient EV on the US market, but it turns out the Porsche's first EV is incredibly fast, even faster than a game-changing supercar.
Porsche is still yet to release official performance figures about the Taycan line-up, so Car and Driver decided to conduct their own testing of the Taycan Turbo S, and the results were mind-blowing.
It turns out the EV can hit 60mp/h (96km/h) in just 2.4 seconds, and can complete a quarter-mile sprint in 10.5 seconds at 209km/h. Porsche has already revealed an electronically-limited top speed of 260km/h.
This makes the Taycan the third-fastest car that Car and Driver have ever tested, with only the Porsche 918 and the Lamborghini Huracan Performante beating it to 100km/h.
Among the countless supercars that the sedan can beat sits the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, which produces a whopping 746kW, and can do the same sprint in 2.5 seconds.
Comparing apples to apples, the Tesla Model S Performance is the Taycan's main competitor, and hits 100km/h in 2.7 seconds. On the strip, the Tesla is left for dead with a time of 11.1 seconds at 193km/h.
Unfortunately, the Porsche is set to be significantly more expensive than the Tesla, and the disappointing efficiency ratings aren't going to help the German brand move Taycan units.
But when you compare it to the slower, $3 million Veyron, the Taycan becomes an absolute bargain!