In german driving school you learn to pay attention constantly while driving. And your instructor wIll not let you Take your practical driving exam until you and him are both sure you are ready. Then you undergo a very intensive driving session in wich you must demonstrate flawless driving skills to an independent examiner that tells you wich way to go. These examiners pick difficult routes with a lot it potential for mistakes and if you dont complete the session without any mistakes they will not let you pass.
I think this also reflects the fact that in Germany driving is a privilege (and an expensive one). In America its a necessity, hence the lower barrier to entry.
Wow you’re nearing 1 million subscribers that’s crazy dude! I used to watch you in your early days when you were homeless living in your vans and going to Asia and selling everything lol. Well now your videos are just super boring unfortunately, so when you went all in with that solar stuff I stopped watching. And I don’t like that you deleted all those older videos that had some pretty controversial opinions of yours lol. Guess you gotta hide that stuff for commercial success.
@@bi0phoenx really? Okay, thank you for correcting me.
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36:25 - This is the exact stretch of the A8 (Autobahn 8) which I drove on a few days ago when I was on my way back from Munich. It's a great stretch because u can quite easily sit at 250km/h. (I'm driving a Golf GTI which quite happily sits at 250kmh without complaining:)) This is near where I live so I'm lucky to be able to drive on that stretch every day. - Great Video, thank you.
Lucid Sapphire fastest on the quarter mile, followed by the Taycan Turbo GT and Model S Plaid doing basically identical I guess. Track performance and driveability is on the Taycan, hands down.
Hi Kyle! Even if it is allowed and even if you drive a extremely stable vehicle, going at this speed at that much traffic is NOT responsible. Look to all those merc’s, bmw‘s, Audi‘s around you, they could go 250 km/h mostly too. But they don’t do it. They know why. 💥 Greetings from a German firefighter with hydraulic spreader education.
I don’t know if you’re new, but Kyle really doesn’t give a fuck. If you watch his other videos road-tripping in the U.S., he and the other guys from this channel will do some pretty questionable things for content. Some faults are light, like unplugging other people’s vehicle and blocking other charging stalls to “save time”, while others are more condemnable, like driving up curbs and racing in snowy weather, passing in non-drivable lanes, etc.
The clocks an option (as with most Porsches I think), you can spec it in the Taycan too :) Yet as with all porsches, the base configuration is an empty shell..
Oh man, this REALLY makes me want to go back to Germany with my M3P. Not the same performance, of course, but still tons of fun on the Autobahn 😍 Too bad it takes me 17h of driving get to Germany 😂
As a Taycan owner myself, who drives in Germany a lot, I want to give you some advice: Kyle, if you want to go fast on the German highway put your lights on! Not only your DRL!
Please do a comparison with the Turbo GT and Lucid Air! I’ve been looking all over the internet for some type of comparison of this car and any car. It’s been kept under wraps!
I have waited for this video. Autobahn is nice but race track will be special i think. 400kw regeneration is hugh. 400kw for the Porsche wow, in normal traffic you do not need breaks.. And the speed ! The fasted speed i went was 260km/h (not in a EV) and this felt a little scary because of traffic. But 300km/h
This car is just insane! Makes me ever happier to see the future of EVs if this is what they can do in the “early days”. (I know EVs have been around forever but this modern era is what I am talking about.)
Car is awesome!!! I just hope Porsche had a mode that would give you the permanent full power, not only for 10s. PS: and yeah that Audi was surely putting 400+ hp tuned.
I can comfortably go 150 km/h or around 95 mph in my car, anything more than that and I'm just asking for trouble, now a regular sports car with tuned suspension can easily go over 125 mph without breaking a sweat but if you get into a crash with no helmet or safety gear you're a goner, now doing 200 mph in an electric car that weighs as much as a Ford f-150 gas truck on the open road is just just beyond insane, the amount of trust you have to have in your car/tires and the road is crazy
My car top speed is 250 km/h electronically limited but i never drove more then 180 and that was like for 10-20 seconds.Everything beyond 150-160 feel very unsafe for me and uncomfortable
You don't think you'd be dead in a 95mph crash? Sure, you get more reaction time at lower speed, but you'd be just as dead if something popped up in front of you. FWIW, I lived in Germany for six years and driving 100mph is very comfortable, something you get used to, especially when people drive on the right pass on the left and use their turn signals when changing lanes.
@@donwilber1628 There will be always one who dont watch mirror when go to left line and you dead .Its German road but its EU so could be drivers from any country who are not use to that someone will zip around at light speed
Although there are many fast cars on the Autobahn, moving to the right at 28:00 when accelerating in attack mode at 260 km/h is probably not necessary 😂
The motors overheat.The car papers(zulassungsschein) officially mention only 193 HP for the taycan turbo gt (like the pre refresh taycan turbo) while it's 485 HP for the tesla model s plaid (it was 296 PS before the update track mode) : these official numbers are the " dauerleistung "= the power that the car can deliver after 30 min of full throttle.
Ive done a top speed run in Germany with my previous car, a tuned S5. Took me 4 hours to find a spot with less trafic, but finally managed to reach 300km/h. Insane speed. By the way, that S1 rips😅
Almost as fast as TGV! Bonkers to think about that. Imagine an autonomous vehicle lane on the highway where cars like this can travel at top speeds safely. You'd be able to go across the US in one day!
The US, it seems would be the last to implement something like that. The US doesn't even have high speed rail. Maglev should be the norm in the US by now.
Is it possible to upgrade the 2-speed gearbox to have say 6 gears like an ICE? This way the motors may become less prone to overheating, like an ICE that can rev well below the red line at top speed for hours and not having to wait for the battery and motors to cool down. Probably the new 6-speed gearbox should not take up any more space than the current 2-speed?
I think the attack mode is because of the Formular E. There is a attack mode too, it is part of the regulations of the Formluar E. So you can do a kind of Formular E race. Porsche has won the Formular E this year.
In my opinion the two speed gearbox is a good thing as you can see with most other ev cars that they overheat pretty easily as they spin the motor at so high rpm that heat loss is inevitable. They stress the motor and the heat management system too much
Making a 4-door car and removing the rear seats to gain 1/10th of a second in acceleration and that also costs 250 thousand euros is absolutely ridiculous, Porsche should take a look at it, it looks like a tuning car.
Well one Porsche isn’t the first and only company that does that, 2 the rear seat delete is optional if you want rear seats get the standard turbo gt without the weissach package
I would love to see this go head to head in this test with something like Panamera behind it. To really see the difference, if the ICE car also hits its limit and overheats after driving this fast. Also the range would probably be pretty similar in both cars at these speeds.🙂
I am curious to see which efficiency the Tesla Model S Plaid is going to show if you are driving it hard. It would also be interesting if Tesla has upgraded the breaks in the meantime and how often you are able to push the car hard before it reduces the power. Having tested a most recent Model S when needing to choose a new car, I was very impressed by the efficiency and the interior space but for the rest it is not at level with its German competitors. Price wise it is on the other hand a steel. Same thing with the Lucid Air, which is superior to the Tesla. If efficiency and space are king, choose American, if you want sophistication, get something German. Always good to have the choice!
I lived in Germany for 3 years in the 80s and have visited numerous times after that. I used to drive the autobahn every day. I really like Kyle and his channel and everyone in it. Let me be clear.... Driving on a PUBLIC road at 200 mph, even though technically legal, is EXTRAORDINARILY STUPID. It doesn't matter how good the car or the driver may be. At that speed the minimum stopping distance is about an eighth of a mile, if the car gets sideways all that downforce that is keeping you on the road is lost and the car can get airborne and lose control in an instant. I saw many catastrophic wrecks on the autobahn, most people involved did not survive since at speeds of 100 miles plus cars just basically desintegrate. Since the EU was formed, the autobahn has gotten less safe since now the road is full of non-German licensed drivers who are less aware of how crucial lane discipline is to high-speed driving. So take it from from an "old expirienced hand" here, have fun, but STAY SAFE. I cant remember who it was but in the 90's one of the editors of the main auto magazines that tested top speed of the cars they evaluted got killed (on a track) doing a top speed test. They stopped testing top speed after that. When the Veyron was introduced, VW did top speed runs on a closed portion of the autobahn that VW had access to. End of rant.
Holy exageration. I drive on the Autobahn on a daily basis and I feel way safer here than any other motorway. Drivers are mostly predictable and even if they are not, as long as you keep safety distance and pay attention to the road, driving at higher speeds is not harder than cruising. Also, why the hell would a car go sideways?? You trying to drift or what.
@@prof1crl Sure, but there comes a point when all the unlikely things happen at once and suddenly it doesn't seem so safe anymore. Kyle's reviews and enthusiasm are top notch, however there is a limit to what should be done for our entertainment without putting other road users at greater risk. Seeing a car tear around like this, and around blind corners in villages, is just not something I want to watch.
@@martyndavies1482 I don't condone speeding in Landstraße or city but in the Autobahn, you drive according to the conditions. If there is heavy traffic you better slow down otherwise what you said will happen is correct. But sometimes the road is free, like this Sunday when I was comming from Düsseldorf and you can go as fast as you want. All I wanted to say is that it is not really as dangerous driving fast as people think, but you have to be aware of the dangers if you want to do it safely.
@prof1crl I never said the A bahn isn't safe. I said it's not safe at 200 mph. Very different things. The average speed of the A bahn is 85 mph. Driving at more than twice that is extraordinarily stupid. That's why the Nurburgring is so popular, Though a race track, it is officially part of the A-bahn. If you dont know how you end up sideways while driving on straight road, you are utterly ignorant.
@@Sadjina At 20:20 you can see the s1 is now close to the same acelaration as the taycan due to its loss in soc and thermals. There is a long way for evs to challenge ice in long high speed stretches 😊
Wouldnt have saved much weight to get rid of the doors but added a huge amount of cost. so the tradeoff wasnt worth it. Also you are able to clean the car more easy 😅
Please have at future high speed runs both hands at the steering. I love these videos but not having full control at such speeds is terrible dangerous.
Doesn't water cooling not really work with EVs? Why do they have to use the AC to manage heat? I thought an electric drivetrain generates less heat than internal combustion.
An internal combustion engine is able to withstand much higher temperatures. Some engines go up to 120 degrees Celsius without any problems. For an electric car, 30-35 degrees is ideal, while 70 is already very hot. Why does this matter? Maintaining a temperature below 120 degrees using ambient air is easier than keeping it below 70 degrees. The greater the temperature difference, the easier it is to achieve the desired cooling.
30:50 wow, this really is NOT good The derating strategy should not be like this giving you everything and then suddenly you just roll and get slower and slower BELEW 200 kph...
I don’t think you actually had more performance than the S1. As you pulled off to charge as he continued driving. And once again, you thermally derated as he probably was still driving. Ev’s are great, but they still have a long way before they can catch up to ICE in comprehensive performance.
