The stock 2021 Porsche Taycan managed to break the Guinness World Record for the shortest charging time to cross the United States in an electric vehicle. It took him just 2 hours 26 minutes and 48 seconds to drive 4,561 kilometers from Los Angeles to New York. And while the record it broke is very specific, the previous holder, the Kia EV6, has shown that it takes 7 hours, 10 minutes and 1 second to charge it to make a similar but slightly longer trip. from New York to Los Angeles.
Wayne Gerdes, known for his efficient driving and coiner of the term “hypermiling”, was the one who was driving the car during this “record-breaking journey”. Hypermiling, as you may know, involves using adjustments and driving techniques to maximize the fuel efficiency and efficiency of a car. Anyway, Porsche reported to the authoritative publication Engadget that Wayne Gerdes was driving all this time at a normal speed, and sometimes even faster, depending on the level of charge, throughout the entire trip in order to stick to hypermiling.
As for the car itself, it was equipped with a proprietary Performance Plus battery, which in turn has a higher total capacity than the base battery option, as well as adaptive cruise control. And yes, in order to try to get into the Guinness Book of Records, the driver had to film every mile of the journey and track the car’s GPS navigation. Otherwise, the trip would not have been counted and you would not have been included in the above-mentioned Book. In any case, Wayne Gerdes said that when he first charged the Taycan with a 350 kW charger, the battery level went from 6 percent to 82 percent in just 22 minutes.
During the entire trip, he relied on Electrify America’s CCS DC fast charging network for the most part, since that company is Porsche’s partner in this test. By the way, the aforementioned automotive giant first introduced its Taycan electric sedan back in 2019, while the first deliveries began in 2020. Since that moment, the automaker has managed to release several variants of the above car at once, including the Cross Turismo EV.
