Driving a Porsche Taycan 600 miles in a day. Is this EV good for long distance? Schmee, watch this! 

"The car doesn't need to stop. I do" ...that's the only thing you need to tell people who complain about 'low range' on EVs

I’ve just took delivery of my model 3 and in the first three weeks I’ve covered 2966 miles and it’s awesome. So simple to live with.

Quality, always quality. 👏🏽 The number of cars at Rugby services was incredible and encouraging to see.

Love it. Could you do a video on city driving experience with these big EVs? Parking, fitting down streets, visibility, that sort of thing.

Did 500mi in a day in my e208 this summer, little bit I’d range anxiety at one short point, apart from that, costed £27, very comfy and smooth drive down. Took about an hour longer than my dads diesel jag did a few years ago

Just did East Midlands - Berlin and back. Easy stuff really. A little planning but the car does it mostly (ModelS). So much easier now than even a few years ago. Most of the SuC locations also had Ionity and other charger companies at the same site.

I would love it if you could get your hands on a BMW iX - to get your thoughts on range/quality/features etc etc compared with the eTron, Model X and Taycan. You are so unbiased, unlike most 'reviews'

Very good video Richard and the team. Thanks.

Great video !!! The Ionity network makes travelling from Lands End, or, Dover, up to John o’Groats and back easily doable in an EV ⚡️👍🏻 If you’re not in an Ionity Partner car then it will be more costly, but no one is doing that every day so worth paying for.

Superb and very informative video, look forward to doing an ultra long trip in my 4S

Entertaining and informative as usual.

Yay.. you put the consumption in kWh/100km. Great. Thanks for that 👌. I find the consumption pretty decent considering the speed and conditions.

Thanks Richard and Gintz… a great trip!

Perhaps a collab with Shmee150 and show him how to use his……

Love watching your road trips awesome 🎉

At 09:55 all the Tesla Supercharger stalls were occupied, which is amazing for UK. 😅 As Tesla ownership grows, this will perhaps become more common especially during public holidays and weekends. Here in Hong Kong, we get this all the time (even past midnight at the popular Superchargers) and this will be a problem until home charging is available. Nevertheless, appreciate your great video and promotion of EVs.

Lovely to meet you on Booths car park, Keswick today 👍. Love the videos thx.

Your videos inspired me to buy an ETRON 55 Sportback today, i did try a Taycan 4S too but that will have to wait.

Thanks very much for this video!! That has put the icing on the cake for me… Tycan being ordered! Will never buy a petrol or detail ever again!

thanks mate, I'm deciding between Taycan 4s and Tesla Model S. I prefer the range with the model S, but hate the yolk and one pedal driving. This made me calmer regarding the 4s range..

Great video some will still say 47 min is to long because they take 5 mins but driving EV on long distances I find easier

Awesome video as always Richard

I'll be doing Scotland to Great Yarmouth (About 400 miles) next week in my MG5. Bit apprehensive because I only got the car last week and am yet to go an overly long distance, but I am looking forward to it.

Nice vid 👍🏻 Thank you for sharing the cost for charging the cars, it gives potential electric car buyers food for thought. Please do this for every electric car ‘review’ Cheers 👍🏻

Thanks for another damn useful and informative video. I feel seeing Tesla super chargers all full up is only the start. Will become a more regular occurrence.

Will be interested in the long term effects of the charging speed on the battery, ie. degregation/longevity if any?

First- great video as always!!! For reference this is my weekend stating in a few hours in a model 3 long range (we have a model Y performance too). Drive from Philly to Norwalk CT (170 miles), no need to charge, plug in at the hotel overnight, tomorrow- drive to. Boston (175 miles) and then back to the hotel Saturday night (total of 200 miles)- plug in at the hotel overnight. Sunday - back to Philly (340 miles)- will need one 10-15 minute stop. Total- maybe 725 miles - total time stopped to charge - 10-15 minutes- cost - $5. Its that’s easy.

I just personally think some of those “RU-vidrs” are just stuck in their ways, ignorant and are more worried about losing a few Subscribers when it comes to electric vehicles.

Richard at 4:20 You were speaking about the efficiency of the Tesla model S versus the Taycan. I agree that Tesla makes and a very efficient car and has done so for many years. But don’t just look at the wheel diameter, You should mention the tire width, the Tesla I believe is 265 versus the Taycan with 305’s in the back. That is a lot of rubber on the road and with wet weather like you had it can definitely have impact.

Another great video Richard, once again showing how ridiculous petrol heads comments are about how electric cars don’t work/are inconvenient for long trips. (I’m a former petrol head myself but now fully convinced regarding electric being the way forward). The final comments around 600 miles only needing 47 minute stop really hit the negativity out the park. In reality most people need to stop for longer than that for such a distance in an ICE car. People just don’t think it through and that possibly is the issue. Having to think it through means changing what they do now with an ICE car but it would actually would make them realise how their comments are futile. Thanks Richard for another great vid. Bet your knackered!!!!!!

The bit missing from this video is the pre planning you need to do with an EV vs a combustion engine. For example, you didn’t just happen upon the Porsche centre hull. Even then, in my experience that still leaves two unknowns; charger reliability (I’m amazed at how often chargers are out of service) and charger availability (with few exceptions you find one or two chargers. If they’re full you could have an hour wait) I use zap map to plan a route and some back up options. In my petrol car I don’t need to think. Don’t get me wrong, I love my EV 90% of the time, but the 10% of times I’m doing a longer journey I’d happily swap for a petrol engine.

Great video thanks

Great video as usual 😜👍

Would like to see you have a bash at this in an ipace with max 180 miles of motorway range and only 100kw max charging speed 😅. They were premium pioneers but others have now surpassed.

Ahh, that ID3 at @12:23 - beating you off the line probably made their week!! 🤣

Lol, love the title. 🤣😂

We did Sisteron to Benidorm in 12 hrs, 670 miles, easy peasy

The problem I've had with rapid charging is that it takes longer for me to use the services than it takes the car to charge. Last time I stopped at Rugby, I arrived home with 180 miles of range remaining which I would rather not have paid for! Lesson learned - next time I'll set a charge limit...

Nice trip. The only problem with range mode is it reduces the headlight power.

amazing car!. From a tesla owner :-)

Very good vlog! Lovely Porsche! The paint job is phenomenal! Do you mind sharing how was did you get it finished this way? Thanks for the enjoyable content.

Wow!! Well done!! 600 miles in one day - that would destroy me

Would be good to see an update to this video with the more up to date charging infrastructure. Could be good 👍🏽

Valid point about home charging being waaay cheaper, but remember, not everyone can charge at home and I doubt the cost will not evolve somehow in the future. However, even if say a passat diesel could cost just about the same, it would in no way be as fun to drive. And effortless. And quiet.

dude i need a track list! you got some good beats in the video

I have just learned I have to drive from San Jose, CA to Dallas, TX. So Day 1 of the trip will be 1000 miles to Albuquerque NM. Day 2 will be 650 miles Albuquerque to Dallas. The car will be a 1995 Toyota Camry V6 with 202,000 miles on the odometer. That is what a real car gets used for. Pay attention, electric car groupies.

Hi Richard I always enjoy your road trip videos - we’ll done keep it up. I feel there is a need to provide a wider perspective to really inform and educate those who might not fully understand EV’s and the relative merits of different cars. In this video you only briefly touched on the cars economy and didn’t mention the vehicle or energy cost at all… for the vast majority of your viewers, the Porsche is way out of reach cost wise and you failed to discuss the cost of a 600 mile road trip in kWh both in terms of energy consumed and price per kWh. My point is that for 99% of potential EV buyers, a car with a 90+ kw battery that charges at 350kw is out of reach and spending 69p/kWh on IONITY chargers is like paying £3/litre for petrol…. What I’d like to see is an honest view of vehicle cost and cost per mile and vehicle efficiency which in the longer run is what’s going to underpin the adoption of EV’s. I know you do do videos of EV’s with smaller batteries which charge more slowly, but if these are way more efficient than the KW guzzlers such as the Porsche, they need more airtime…. Hope you appreciate where I’m coming from and recognise the importance of promoting more efficient EV’s particularly with energy prices rising.

I have visited grid serve Rugby, I would like to suggest for them to put solar panels to go green to help the grid

Those chargers at Hull, are the same as they at the new Porsche centre in Ferndown! Do they allow Porsche owners to charge for free at their centres? Even at Rugby (so many white Teslas) they charge quick, hardly time for a comfort stop, and eat a snack, even in our slow charging Kona lol

Hello from me, I have been following the channel for a while now and I do enjoy the content. I would like to find out more about the used cars you sell and in particular model 3. We switched to EVs long ago and currently have MG5 SR and Leaf 24KW. I have always liked Teslas and I am wondering what would be the monthly instalment for Model 3 SR+ over 48 months term If I were to buy an used one from you guys? Thank you in advance?

great review mate.....one question how was the comfort on that trip ?? any aches or pains after the 602 miles ??

The bad weather makes you slow down - that increaces your range quite a bit. It should at least factor out the low temperature ….. just saying 😉

This is interesting for me as I do long journeys across France, winter and summer, one big SUV, Volvo XC90, one Small 4x4 car. will watch it tomorrow, as a side note I drive from UK to Menorca 754 miles across France to Barcelona, in a Fiat Sidici, to my holiday home where it lives for the summer and I fly back and forth, I do that trip in 12 hours, two overnight ferries, One year I got off the ferry into France next to a Ferrari, he had to stop more and we got to Barcelona at the same time despite him overtaking me regularly, he was needing more fuel stops, the miles you lose when stopping all adds up on your travel time, he was going to the Spanish F1 race, he waved each time he went past, we were next to each other on the ferry so had a chat before we got off, my next car will be electric, just got to get used to taking longer to get places, it is a real fact that journey times will be longer, just got to adjust your attitude to it

Where does UK electricity production come from?

I have a tesla and have a Porsche Taycan CT on order. As a newbie to charging outside of the tesla network - it seems the coverage is improving, but do you have one membership to the network and can use any charger, or do you have to subscribe to a bunch of different apps to enable charging from different charging networks? I am getting the longer range pack and the 4s - hopefully this will achieve close to 300 miles

Doesn't Porsche have an agreement with Ionity so you get charging cheaper? I'm on the cusp of ordering an Enyaq 80 Sportline - is charging effortless (and cheaper)? I'm not so sure!

Over the years I've driven toGenoa in Italy quite a bit to visit my wife's sister and the family in a variety of diesel family cars. It's 830 miles each way, we catch an early train and stop on the way for breakfast, lunch and necessary breaks ... I've done it 3 times in a LR Model 3, it takes the sane time as in a diesel. In short, car charging time is less that human charging / break time and the car drives at the same speed on the same road as a diesel ! Refuelling is simpler, plug and charge = no issues with cards not being accepted by petrol pumps (many petrol stations are unmanned for large parts of the day in Italy and France) and cheaper (for now until the government wants it's tax revenues from fossil fuels back). Tesla nav/range prediction is reliable and builds confidence, going into Mont Blanc tunnel heading North with 3% SOC, no trouble at all (once we hit the midpoint of the tunnel and started trundling downhill). I'm approaching retirement, I'd always fancied a fast german estate for those long journeys and exploring Europe in retirement but the limitations of the public charging network at the moment mean that for my specific journey it will take quite a bit longer in a Taycan than a model 3 .... and the Taycan would be twice the price ! So for now the Model 3 is the sensible option (not the end of the World :) ) and I'll be off to BOTB to see if I can win a Taycan one day :) . It will be interesting to see if Tesla move the game along with efficiency and charging with the 4680 cells and cast structure from Berlin when it opens. Having owned a couple of Porsches I have no doubt it is a better driving car, I wonder what the influence in that department of cars built in a European factory for European customers will be, maybe we'll see chassis and steering tuned more to our taste ? And of course let's not forget, no tail pipe emissions or CO2 pumped into the air by airline travel

Yea, you're right, it's doable and folk would stop as often as you did just to have a break. I do wonder however, if Porsche sold a petrol car with 250 mile range, would it get criticism, because you seem to think you don't need more range?

Little bit surprised by the fast charging costs, have/are they increasing as more cars are now using them? Suppose the only concern will be when the government starts some type of ev road charging to reclaim loss of income from vat on fuel - it could make it more expensive than current combustion motors to run. Unless you have a home charger of cause, but that won’t be possible for everyone.

Pushing on, outside lane of the motorway, wait a car overtakes, a second car and heavens above a VAN!

I do wonder about all these people who claim they can go to the toilet at the motorway services in 5 mins. Even if i run i struggle to get under 10 mins, and if i stop to get a bottle of coke or a coffee it's 15 min. And that's enough for 50% top up on my model 3

I would always rather own/drive the Porsche, if only it was the turbo s....especially with that wrap. It would b as awesome to look at as it is fast

Thank you so much for your detailed reviews. I am on the cusp of buying an EV but I have one niggle that I can’t get my head around. This may sound a very naive question but do you lose charge if stuck in a traffic jam? I have a mega fear of being caught out on charge and getting stuck. It would be great if you could explain. Thank you

For a Renault Zoe which type of charger can they use? I assume the fast chargers still work but will be a waste of money as it’s not rapid charging

That works out as costing about 10/mile. I doubt any diesel could do that with a 56mph average over 600 miles! 😉

If there is one EV I could really like over my ICE, it would be the Taycan.... ok, and maybe the i4 M50

My wife's Toyota Hybrid CHR Orange Edition costs (£30k to buy new after discount) about £35 to fill up and gets 510 miles. I'd like a pure EV but they're still too expensive.

Real world driving, a great advert for the EV future, its happening now.

What other EVs out there can use 350kw chargers?

Do I need a Heat Pump in uk

Whether you find him irritating or not, Shmee is an extremely knowledgeable, clued-up guy when it comes to cars. It does seem slightly strange that this trait apparently abandons him every time he gets in the Taycan.

There is always at least one petrolhead who claims to drive a million miles non-stop every day and another one who claims that they can do the 600 miles for less money and quicker in his aunt's Peugeut 208 diesel... Very deliberately and rather foolishly missing the point. The Taycan is a beast of a mile eater and charging speeds are phenomenal. Great car if you need or like that kinda thing. We'll be doing the 600 miles form home to Scrabster this summer in a VW ID.3. The journey will be broken down into three 200 mile days (approximately) as it is our holiday after all and one of our overnight stops has destination charging. Just need to find another overnight with destination charging and we should be able to get all the way to Scrabster with human breaks only.

Hello mate 👍

It would be interesting to see this trip repeated using the Taycan’s battery saving DC charging mode, which I think caps charging speed below 200kW, to see if that make charging sessions less stressful by giving you more relaxation time for food etc

Enjoy your channel but it’s the first time in my seventy years that I’ve heard of Hull as being in the north east if England. :)

How is the front lights of the Taycan, it seems very dark when you film through the windscreen?

Yep - I have less range than my EQC 🙄

I want one.

Be good to see how much£ each charge costs as compared petrol/diesel

McMaster or whatever his name is needs to have his license taken off him, you’ve just showed him right up with his video with Geoff buys cars 2 absolute Ev haters who just put lies out there with there click bait videos. Love your videos full of evidence based advice and always fun to watch keep it up 👍🏻

I have a Taycan 4S Cross Turismo with 19" wheels. Realistic range is 210 miles. My main problem is that the car rarely "talks" to ANY charger, including my home charger, on first connection when the button goes red. I often have to unplug & retry a few times which is inconvenient at the best of times, but when it's heaving down with rain it's not so great.

I brought a ev a Tesla what I love and mileage is no issue at all but the insurance is awful and even when it needs tires they need special stuff to jack it up and you have to be so careful with a ev not to ground it as you will get a 20 grand bill to be fair from owning one for 30 k miles I think at the min it just easyer in life to have a diesel

@04.42 Can someone explain why larger wheels would not be more efficient? One rotation covers more distance after all.

It works now with limited electric cars on the road now fast forward 10 years and see how easy it is to find available charger????

600 miles per day should be easy in Taycan. I have done 600 per day in 2019 e-Golf

Is Taycan quiet?

“Ample chargers, as long as youre not a Tesla”. Bit misleading for newbies, a Tesla could have used the Ionity chargers if they wanted to.

If only I could afford a Taycan!! 🤣

I am slightly confused by this title, didn't Shmee do 660 miles back from the Ring to London on a day anyway, his is a Turbo S so it's slightly less efficient but it was done. I have to admit though EV charging in the South & South East is pretty bad for reliability and I haven't had a great deal of luck with public chargers myself. We fit business and private chargers for among other things and quite often we have to call out the DNO's because of PEN faults of the local grid, many of which are issues of old cables dating back to the war finally giving up which creates problems for the public chargers as well (sadly just decades of no investment and maintenance rearing its' ugly head). I fully expect EV charging to end up on par with ICE vehicles in future for accessibility and also cost but battery tech for cars is about right currently with 300 mile ranges. For our vans though it's insufficient so all the test vans we have had never lead to swapping our diesels. We're hoping the 340 mile range Buzz Cargo next year will change that as due to charging a normal work 8 hour day ends up being 10 on average which would lead to a 4 day week, great in one sense but means engineers are out for up to 12 hours a day which is unfair on their home lives and also customer response time. Thankfully things are improving all the time but I fear Shmee is correct in one sense that the EV age will make cars once again the pleasure of the wealthy with how the government is approaching new taxation measures etc.

So how much did the trip cost in charging ?

250+ kW 😍

Great video ….. proves to the doubters it can be done …. Petrol prices getting silly now.

Omg, Jazz from transformers

What’s with the cut. Day - night - day - night???

I wonder if the MacGeoff's have watched this at all?

Sounds fairly noisy in there?

What’s with Carwow adv in the beginning

Yes Charging EVs is still a massive inconvenience EV drivers often show the 1St Charge at 100% and everyone goes "WOW he has a allot of range 😁😍" ' However on long trips only the 1st Charge is at 100% All the other Following charges are less than 50% charges In case of Defective or overcrowded Chargers it can ruin someone's day . Not Everyone can afford £80,000 evs with 90 kW batteries🤷🤦‍♂️

The range is misleading in the taycans, EPA rating is 200, real range is about 250-275. My 2021 model x has a real life range around 280, the Taycan has a better charging curve. The EV cannonball record is in a Taycan for a reason, its the fastest ev for road trips, which porsche markets really poorly. In the U.S. Electrify America isn't nearly as robust as Teslas network yet, but where I live in the Northeast ill be golden.

The final charge was probably as quick or quicker than filling up with petrol once it’s paid for. Seeing all those Teslas charging fills me with a kind of pride. I’ve been driving Teslas for 5 years and in that short time the ICE age is now over. The only people who wouldn’t buy an ev now must be either stupid or loyal beyond sense. Same is said for anyone not buying a Tesla, they really are so much better! The fools who say “I need to drive 400 plus miles every day” are the ones who cause accidents and should be off the road. Great video again. Stay safe. Oh, it’s a bit cheaper too!