Porsche Taycan electric sportscar with 484 km range launched in India, priced at Rs 1.50 crore

Porsche Taycan is the first all-electric car from the German sportscar maker and made its debut in 2019 for the global markets. Porsche is offering Taycan in two body types and seven variants in total.

Porsche, the German sportscar maker has finally launched its first-ever electric car - the Taycan in India at Rs 1.50 crore (ex-showroom). Porsche is offering the Taycan and Taycan Cross Turismo variants in India. While the Taycan is available in four variants – standard, 4S, Turbo and Turbo S; the Taycan Cross Turismo is offered in three variants – 4S, Turbo and Turbo S. Porsche has not released the full price list of all the variants and only the price of entry-level Taycan is announced. 

The Porsche Taycan is offered in various engine configurations. While the entry-level Taycan gets a rear-wheel drive (RWD) setup making 408 hp, the Taycan 4S gets an all-wheel drive setup, which is standard on all other Taycan models and gets electric motors mounted on both axles. It delivers up to 530 hp output with overboost activated. The 4S can do 0-100 kmph in a claimed 4.0 sec. The Taycan Cross Turismo 4S makes 571 hp.

The Taycan Turbo, on the other hand, develops up to 680 hp with a 0-100 kmph acceleration in 3.2 sec for sedan version. The Turbo is also available in Cross Turismo version with 3.3 sec acceleration. The top-rung Turbo S produces up to 761 hp and 1050Nm, with 0-100 kmph sprint in 2.8 sec (sedan) and 2.9 sec (Cross Turismo).