When Porsche facelifts a automotive, it doesn’t make a ton of visible modifications, nevertheless it goes to city on the mechanical elements. And so it’s with the 2025 Taycan. While it could seem like the outdated mannequin, this can be a completely revised electrical sedan.

We’ll begin with the large headline determine. The Taycan Turbo S makes 938 horsepower when utilizing launch management – up from 750 hp in the previous model. And you thought Porsche would let Tesla and Lucid run away with the ultra-mega-powerful EV sedan market. The results of this enormous energy enhance is a claimed 0-60 mph time of two.3 seconds. It additionally makes the Taycan Turbo S essentially the most {powerful} Porsche street automotive but, eclipsing the 887 hp of the 918 Spyder. 

The energy comes from new motors that occupy the identical dimensions because the earlier mannequin’s, however get revised internals for extra energy. Power from the rear motor rises by as much as 107 hp relying on mannequin, whereas the motor itself is round 20 kilos lighter than earlier than. All Taycan fashions get new motors, and whereas Porsche hasn’t but printed full specs for the entire lineup, it did say the bottom, rear-drive mannequin will get bumped to 483 hp.

But for as a lot effort as Porsche put into bumping horsepower, it appears much more was put into upping effectivity and vary. The first Taycan was criticized for comparatively low vary figures, and whereas real-world numbers were often better than EPA figures, you possibly can inform the criticism stung Porsche. EPA figures for the brand new Taycan aren’t out but, however our sister site InsideEVs managed 300 miles in a range test of a Taycan 4S in less-than-ideal climate circumstances, suggesting an enormous bump in real-world vary.

A brand new battery pack with revised cell chemistry is the large factor right here, with gross capability for the bigger Performance Battery Plus rising from 93.4 kWh to 105 kWh. Net, or usable capability is 98.6 kWh. Base fashions get a 89-kWh gross, 83.6-kWh internet battery pack. Both packs are lighter than their predecessors, with the bottom battery providing about as a lot capability because the earlier improve unit.

Porsche additionally upped the Taycan’s energy-regeneration functionality. Where outdated all-wheel drive fashions might regenerate as much as 290 kW, the brand new one can do as much as 400 kW. The threshold for the handover between regenerative and friction braking can also be larger, as much as 0.497 g from 0.3 g within the outdated automotive. New wheels and range-optimized summer time tires additionally assist bump the space the Taycan can journey on a cost. Other revisions to aerodynamics, thermal administration – together with a brand new warmth pump – and a brand new pulse inverter all assist enhance vary.

Charging pace can also be up. Before, the Taycan might cost at as much as 270 kW in perfect circumstances; now, it may take 320 kW, and Porsche claims simply 18 minutes to cost from 10 to 80 %. InsideEVs editor-in-chief Patrick George truly noticed a Taycan 4S prototype take simply 16 minutes to go from 8 to 80 %.

There are chassis modifications, too. All US-spec Taycans get air suspension as normal, and non-compulsory on all-wheel drive fashions is Porsche Active Ride, the corporate’s new and very intelligent active-suspension system.

Inside, there’s not a ton to speak about past a revised gauge cluster and infotainment system, however fashions with the Sport Chrono bundle do get a push-to-pass button for further energy on demand. There’s additionally a leather-free inside choice with Porsche’s houndstooth-esque Pepita trim for the seat facilities.