The Porsche Taycan 4S Claims The New EV Cannonball Title, Previously Held By The Tesla Model 3
A journalist took his opportunity to beat the Tesla s record, in a Porsche Taycan 4S.
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The Cannonball Run is a long-running past time of the criminally insane and adrenaline-fueled citizens of the USA. From New York to Los Angeles as fast as you can is the name of the game. When a regular human thinks of a cross country, 2,700-mile trip, they give themselves around a week to complete the journey by car. But during a Cannonball Run? Try under 50 hours.
Journalist Kyle Connor of Inside EVs recently secured the loan for a Porsche Taycan 4S press car. He was originally going to do some carefully considered range testing for a story, but then decided he wanted to do something a little abnormal. A cannonball from NY to LA with two other buddies all in the cabin of one EV.
Former Astronaut Drives His First Electric Car On Earth - The Porsche Taycan
This man piloted the electric Lunar Roving Vehicle nearly 50 years ago, but until now, he had never driven an electric car on earth. Porsche gave him the keys to a Taycan to fix that.
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There are few phenomena more heroic and inspiring than space travel. Only a select group of the smartest and most capable humans ever get the opportunity to see our small small planet from another view - beyond the atmosphere. Charles ‘Charlie’ Duke was one of those men. He was the tenth person to ever set foot on the moon’s surface and just the sixth person to pilot one of NASA’s most sophisticated electric vehicles of all time, the Lunar Roving Vehicle.
Porsche North America Records Its Second-Best Year Of All Time
While we are all desperate to burn 2020 from our memory, Porsche looks back and sees a triumph of huge proportions. Porsche NA had its second-best year to date in 2020.
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With all the insanity going on in the world, it’s been difficult to take a step back and realize we are in the new year. Most of us probably don’t want to think about 2020, including a large group of auto manufacturers around the world who saw their sales dwindle, with one exception - Porsche North America.
Porsche’s marketing team and development staff were in the right place at the right time in 2020. The quick and dirty of the German automaker’s sales come out to 57,294 new cars sold in the 2020 sales year in the U.S. Now, if you’re from America that may not sound like much. One might look at Tesla’s 500,000+ numbers or Ford’s 2,000,000+ figures and realize that Porsche’s sales “look like little baby man,” but belie
Petersen Automotive Museum Conducts Its First-Ever Virtual Porsche Concours With 100 Privately Owned Porsches
With everyone still at home during the pandemic, the Petersen wanted enthusiasts to be able to share their greatest passion with the world. We ve chosen our favorites.
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In times such as these where we are all quarantining, ordering too much takeout food, and watching an ungodly amount of Netflix, it’s hard to do all the little things in life that fulfill our interests. For you, those who are reading this, you probably missed out on countless car meets, auto shows, and cars and coffees throughout this universally terrible year, but among all the unfortunate events that have defined this year, people all over the world have found ways to connect. The Petersen Automotive Museum has seconded that idea. For the first time in its history, the museum did a virtual Porsche Concours, allowing 100 people, from all over, to display their own pride and joy.