Porsche Taycan Takes US Coast-To-Coast Charging Record

Porsche Taycan Takes US Coast-To-Coast Charging Record #EV #ElectricVehicle #EVPedia Porsche has just announced that one of its Taycan sedans has broken the coast-to-coast charging record for electric vehicles. The Taycan was driven from coast to coast and it only spent 2.5 hours charging; this record is confirmed by Guinness World Records and noted that it was a major improvement on the old record that stood at 7 hours, 10 minutes and 1 seconds. Now Porsche was able to drop that number, achieved by a Kia EV6, to 2 hours, 26 minutes and 48 seconds, which was enough to take the vehicle the whole 2,834.5 miles (4,562 km) from in front of the New York City Hall to the Los Angeles City Hall. Wayne Gerdes, with several Guinness World Records under his belt, was the driver and he said Comparing charging performance from of variety of EVs I have driven to date, the Taycan sets the bar. The first time I charged on a 350KW charger, 6 to 82 percent occurred in just 22-minutes. Wayne used Plug Share and the Electrify