1.7.2019 Stuttgart/Shanghai. Premiere for Porsche Taycan Prototype in front of an audience: The first official Demo-laps on the Handling course at the Porsche Experience center (PEC) in Shanghai are the prelude of the Porsche Demo Runs Triple. A still camouflaged Taycan prototype completed within three weeks of performances on three continents:
With China, the United Kingdom and the United States important markets of the first purely electrically powered sports can be visited by car from Porsche. The foiling of the roof is a tribute to the host country: In Shanghai, the prototype of which was with a dragon graphic on-the-go. Behind the wheel: Li Chao, a Pilot from the Asian Porsche Carrera Cup.
“The Porsche-typical, excellent Performance was a clear development objective of the Taycan. This is felt right from the Start,“ reported Li Chao. Particularly, he is taken out of the street situation: “By uncompromisingly sporty to surprisingly comfortable: the chassis of The new Taycan offers a wide range and bridges the gap between the precise Handling of a sports car and long-distance comfort of a sedan. In addition to the low center of gravity to the rear axle steering has played a vital role,” said Li Chao: “The Taycan a steers very directly and has a lot of Grip.”
The maximum speed of the Taycan is at about 250 km/h. From zero to 100 km/h it accelerates in significantly less than 3.5 seconds, the 200-km/h mark is reached in less than twelve seconds. His potential will make the Taycan so at the other stations of the Porsche Demo Runs Triple proof: when Hill Run in the framework of the Festival of Speed in Goodwood (4. to 7. July 2019), and on the occasion of the season finale of FIG FIA formula E championship from 13. to 14. July 2019 in New York. With Mark Webber and Neel Jani, a renowned racer, there are also the tax.
Before the Taycan celebrates in September, world premiere, he will have around six million test kilometres. Electric vehicles need to. in the case of Porsche, of course, the same test program as for sports cars with an internal combustion engine In addition to superior Performance and unrestricted everyday suitability is always under all climatic conditions. Particularly demanding disciplines, such as the Charging of the battery or the temperature of the powertrain and the interior under extreme conditions of electric models in addition, the battery is still.
The Driver: Li Chao
Li Chao (38) is a Chinese businessman and motor sports. Since 2012, he is in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia on the way. In 2018 he was third in the Pro-Am class and achieved the twelfth place in the overall ranking. In the FIA GT Nations Cup, he was with Ye Hongli in the same year, the Fifth. In March of 2019 took Chao, together with Chris van der Drift for second place in a Porsche 911 GT3 R at the China GT-debut in Sepang.
Location: Porsche Experience Center (PEC), Shanghai
26. April 2018 opened, this PEC is the first in Asia and the world’s sixth customer experience center of Porsche. The Experience Center has a direct access to the 5.5 km long race track of the Shanghai International Circuit, which can also be used. For dynamic driving offers a 1.4 km long Handling course with the area of the circle, hydraulically controlled ejection plate and the dynamic area is available to the visitors. In addition, there is an off-road course. The Central location of the PEC Shanghai is another plus point. Within a radius of less than three hours, around 300 million people live.
Porsche Taycan prototype (photo: Porsche AG)
