Introduction

Since end of 2022 I am driving a Porsche Taycan and in the following articles you will be able to read about first hand experience what to expect when driving such a car.

The articles will be published in the next weeks, part by part and when finished, this paragraph will vanish.

Preface

I've always been conscious about using a car, about what it consumes and what it emits. At the same time, I do enjoy driving. When I used to use ICE cars, I always turned my car off when I am not using it, which is a very German thing to do (and there are even fines for letting your car run unnecessarily both in Germany as well as Switzerland).

In 2022 I started looking to replace my current car with something slightly more sporty and less bad for the environment.

And after evaluating a lot of cars (alot!), I settled on a Porsche Taycan, because it seemed to make most sense to me.

The Porsche Taycan experience

But then when the day came for the handover, I already had a rocky start. And just 2 months later, the air suspension needed a 5 weeks repair. And it turns out that replacing the battery in the key is somewhat confusing. However is everything bad when it comes to the Porsche Taycan? How does it actually drive, if it drives? Unfortunately, the driving cannot be enjoyed so much, if there are quite some rattling and squeaking noises. While those have mostly been fixed, there is unfortunately more to fail and generate noise: there is for instance the so far unsolved ticktack sound when turning the wheels. At this stage one would think that's all there that can make noise? I mean, it's an EV, isn't it? Turns out, in this particular car there is a design bug that can turn the car into a very loud fan However that design bug is not as bad as the one that causes water in the car...

Now some of these really look like design bugs, whereas the power system failure of the Taycan seems more to be a regular defect. And to be fair, probably the most severe one you can fear when having an EV.

There are however also less severe things that can break on the Taycan, such as the funny sport sound feature.

However, there is a 2nd very severe item that can fail on the Taycan. On that I experienced is a broken onboard AC charger.

More to come soon...

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