The Porsche Taycan Sets New Nürburgring Record

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:50:41 +0000

EVs have been a great alternative to gas- and diesel-powered vehicles for at least a decade, and in many cases the superior choice. EVs are great for commuters because they’re cheaper to operate and maintain, and they emit no pollutants. Many people worry about range anxiety, but that’s slowly becoming a thing of the past […]

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Tesla Model S Plaid Prototype Laps the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7:13

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 15:51:04 +0000

Respected German publication Auto Motor und Sport is reporting that the Tesla Model S Plaid prototype has been hand-timed lapping the Nordschleife in 7 minutes and 13 seconds, according to the outlet’s local source. Adjusting for race-compound tires, this puts the Tesla around 19 seconds ahead of the Taycan Turbo’s 7:42 lap time reported by Porsche in August. It’s also faster than every gas-powered 4-door series production car ’round the ‘ring

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Tesla vs Porsche EV Rivalry Accelerates the Death of Fossil Vehicles

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 04:30:32 +0000

Tesla Official Twitter Account ImageWhilst seemingly irrelevant to everyday driving, the ongoing competition between Tesla and Porsche over EV performance supremacy is quickly demonstrating that fossil sports cars are becoming obsolete — an important symbolic milestone for the EV revolution which will have repercussions in higher volume segments. If Porsche wants its Taycan to keep pace with the Tesla Model S Plaid, Porsche will have to allow it to outperform the company’s current flagship Panamera combustion sedan. And that will only highlight the inferiority of fossil vehicles

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A Practical Reason Why Nürburgring Records Matter To Tesla

Credit to Author: Frugal Moogal| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 01:00:55 +0000

Until a couple weeks ago, my knowledge of the famous Nürburgring race track in Germany was basically limited to the strange Ring Racer roller coaster that was built in 2009 to be the fastest in the world, but ended up only operating four days in 2013 after they blew more than 12.3 million euros making it

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Tesla’s Leadership At Nürburgring Is A Win For Everyone

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 22:49:11 +0000

If you are a lover of all things auto, you should celebrate Tesla’s leadership on the Nürburgring track, and I am going to explain why I think this to be so

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Tesla Model S Laps The Nürburgring In 7:23 — Crushing The Porsche Taycan

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 21:33:34 +0000

A Tesla Model S prototype currently testing at the Nürburgring Nordschleife has been informally timed lapping the circuit in 7:23. The stopwatch timing was made by a correspondent of the German publication Auto Motor und Sport. The Tesla did have have the advantage of using race compound tires, but that doesn’t account for the almost 20 second advantage over the Porsche Taycan’s publicized lap time (7:42). The Tesla also looks to have the potential to surpass the track performance of every gasoline saloon, save limited production specials from Jaguar and

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Tesla Model S P100D+ On Nürburgring Industry-Pool Prototype

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 05:30:25 +0000

In a video uploaded by TALEA Media, several high-performance vehicles are seen running laps on the Nürburgring, a 13-mile long German track, including both the Porsche Taycan and the Tesla Model S P100D+

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