The Taycan will be Porsche’s first production electric car, so it will need to offer performance worthy of the Porsche crest.
But performance isn’t just about numbers, it’s about repeatability.
To ensure that wouldn’t be a problem for the Taycan, Porsche subjected a prototype to a torture test.
Porsche took the Taycan (pronounced “tie-con”) to a German airfield that once hosted zeppelin airships, where it was run from 0 to 200 kph (124 mph) and back to 0 again 26 times in a row.
The test runs, which were documented by YouTube channel Fully Charged, were run in both directions to account for wind, with an average temperature of 28 degrees Celsius (82 degrees Fahrenheit), according to Porsche.
The average time was just under 10 seconds, with a difference of just 0.8 second between the quickest run and the slowest run, according to Porsche.