The Car Connection Expert Review
Likes
- Handles like a Porsche
- High-speed poise
- Beautiful design
- Super-fast charging
Dislikes
- Tight rear seat
- Pricey
- Tech options can dull the drive
- Weak regen, brake pedal aside
Buying tip
features & specs
The 2025 Porsche Taycan now has all the range and charging chops to support its charm as a long-distance-capable electric sports car.
What kind of vehicle is the 2025 Porsche Taycan? What does it compare to?
The Taycan was Porsche’s first electric car, but the sedan doesn’t stray far from the design, performance, or driving experience you’ll find elsewhere in the Porsche lineup. Rivals include the Tesla Model S, Lucid Air, and Mercedes-Benz EQE.
Is the 2025 Porsche Taycan a good car?
Across the lineup the Taycan delivers great handling, good driving range, and some of the quickest road-trip charge times of any EV. Individuality, comfort features, and some of the especially innovative tech features come at a steep premium, so your budget is really the limit. The Taycan earns a TCC Rating of 8.6 out of 10. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
What's new for the 2025 Porsche Taycan?
The Taycan, which looks much like it did in previous model years, gets an extensive reengineering for 2025, adding driving range, speeding up road-trip charging, improving both performance and efficiency, and making various other improvements to the interface and feature set.
Battery sizes have been boosted to 89 kwh (82 kwh usable) for base Taycan and Taycan 4S sedans, while a larger 105-kwh (97 kwh usable) pack is optional on those versions and standard on the rest of the lineup. Up from last year’s 79- and 93-kwh packs, that’s just one of the factors that adds to driving range. It now blasts past 300 miles of range, hitting an EPA-rated 318 miles for some versions—a feat for a performance car with less than 100 kwh of battery—and even stands at 269 miles for the edgy Turbo GT with Weissach package.
There are now a dozen variants in the Taycan lineup by body style, performance level, and drive system, ranging from base rear-wheel-drive and 4S all-wheel-drive versions up to progressively higher-performance Turbo, Turbo S, and Turbo GT versions, with the latter two sedan-only. The Weissach package on the GT lightweights the package, shedding more than 500 pounds, even tossing out the back seat.
A new rear motor unit for 2025 helps boost acceleration and efficiency throughout the lineup. Output numbers range from 402 hp and 272 lb-ft for the base version, up to 777 hp and 855 lb-ft of torque for the Turbo GT with Weissach—briefly up to 1,019 hp and 988 in its all-out launch-control mode. That equates to 0-60 mph acceleration times ranging from 4.5 seconds to just 2.1 seconds.
The Taycan is supercar-quick, and has the handling to match its immense power. For a Porsche it’s heavy, topping 5,000 pounds in many of the variants, but the Taycan has handling to match its immense power, with the agility of a lighter car. An air suspension and adaptive dampers make the ride forgiving, too, while a newly available active roll and damping system—termed Active Ride—will actually lean into corners and soak up choppy roads for even better ride comfort.
On the exterior the Taycan is about the same size as a BMW 5-Series or Tesla Model S, but it plugs a different silhouette into that footprint—one that’s especially low, wide, and sleek. While the size and profile of the vehicle compares to Porsche’s Panamera, the low nose and rounded roof look borrowed directly from the 911.
Cross Turismo versions instead sub in a long-roof wagon profile that adds a little cargo space and a lot more versatility, but all Taycans get a deep frunk that’s good for much more than a handbag. In any of its versions, the Taycan’s interior follows a clean and simple design, with one key departure: On many models there are four screens, including one for the passenger. Luxury-car features and upgraded upholsteries and trims aren’t necessarily included, but it’s all available at a rather steep price. All models come with firm, supportive front seats.
Porsche covers the active-safety basics in every Taycan, including automatic emergency braking, active lane control, and parking sensors; for items such as adaptive cruise control, blind-spot monitors, and a surround-view camera system, you’ll need to pay extra.
How much does the 2025 Porsche Taycan cost?
The base Taycan costs $101,395 and comes standard with a trio of screens including a 16.8-inch curved gauge display, a 10.9-inch infotainment touchscreen, and an 8.4-inch climate-control touchscreen. The Taycan supports Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, with the latter capable of tapping into deeper route-planning functionality. Other standard items include 15-watt wireless smartphone charging, ambient lighting, an air suspension with adaptive dampers, and a heat pump. The options list is vast and includes a polarized 10.9-inch passenger-side screen, a 5.9-inch backseat climate-control screen, and soft-close doors. Prices range up to $231,995 (to start) for the Turbo GT with Weissach Package—and past $275,000 if you load on the custom-appearance options.
Where is the 2025 Porsche Taycan made?
In Germany.
2025 Porsche Taycan Styling
In design and styling, the Taycan touts the exciting driving experience it provides.
Is the Porsche Taycan a good-looking car?
First impressions of the Taycan are likely going to be that it’s a very good-looking Porsche, not that it’s an electric car. It fits right in alongside the brand’s other sports cars inside and out, with the sleek exterior earning two points. The interior design, harking tastefully to Porsche’s 911 family but saddled with what some are going to see as dependent on a little too much screen space, wins another point, for a total of an 8 on our scale.
The 2025 Taycan carries over the very low, wide, and lean look that essentially borrows from Porsche sports cars and the Panamera hatchback, while adding a jolt of futurism. Porsche got it right with the original Mission E concept that previewed the Taycan nearly a decade ago, and the design evolved only slightly for production. With a refresh for 2025, Porsche has smartly left this landmark design be, with only a nip and a tuck at the front air dam, lighting updates throughout, and a new array of wheels and cosmetic options.
From the front, it’s easy to see the influences of the 911 in the 2025 Taycan, including the low hoodline and rounded fenders. Versus the Panamera, the Taycan’s coupe-like roofline is just a bit more rounded and it’s leaner in its side sculpting. Cross Turismo body styles elongate the roofline and turn the Taycan into something more practical, yet still beautiful, with its wide-opening hatch.
Inside, the Taycan is a mix of the old and new. The overarching layout builds on that of the 911, including its steering-wheel look and Sport Chrono dashboard clock. Buyers can dress up the cabin with all sorts of visual interest, including bright leather or a simple, heritage-signaling pepita-checkerboard fabric.
There’s no focused sports-car minimalism here though, and the Taycan’s cockpit goes all-in on screen space, including a wide one for the instrument panel, upper and lower central ones for infotainment and climate controls, and available screens for the passenger side and rear climate control. It’s that and the lack of simplified, traditional switchgear that feels like the biggest break from tradition—and definitely a dividing line for fans.
2025 Porsche Taycan Performance
The Porsche Taycan is more than a straight-line rocket, and it’s as rewarding as the brand’s gasoline models in the corners.
The Taycan is the best-handling EV and is genuinely fun to drive. It also builds on all the traditional Porsche strengths of pairing agility and satisfying handling with power levels that range from plentiful to outrageous. Here it easily earns a perfect 10.
Is the Porsche Taycan 4WD?
While base versions of the Taycan come with a single electric motor mounted at the rear wheels, for rear-wheel drive, the rest of the Taycan lineup adds a second motor in front, providing all-wheel drive.
How fast is the Porsche Taycan?
Whether you’re matching it up against other EVs or gasoline-fueled sports cars, the Taycan is one of the quickest-accelerating cars at any price or of any powertrain type.
The Taycan gets even faster this year, thanks to a new rear motor unit throughout the lineup. By percentage improvement, that’s most pronounced on the base model, which now makes 402 hp and 272 lb-ft and can get to 60 mph in an official (and typically somewhat conservative) 4.5 seconds. Moving up to Turbo, Turbo S, and Turbo GT models, the 2025 Porsche Taycan makes progressively higher power, enabling respective 0-60 mph times of 2.5, 2.3, and 2.2 seconds for those models.
A push-to-pass feature included with the Sport Chrono package elsewhere in the lineup will temporarily boost output by up to 94 hp, depending on the version, for 10 seconds. That boosts the Taycan Turbo S to 938 hp. But top Taycan Turbo GT versions go even higher, to 1,093 hp in their Attack Mode.
As such, Taycan acceleration varies from just quick by today’s EV standards to quick enough at launch to seriously pin you back in your seat. The Taycan is one of the few EVs on the market with more than one forward gear. Its two-speed gearbox allows a low gear, accessed only in launches and performance driving, that allows that performance as well as high-speed cruising efficiency.
Base and 4S Taycan versions offer a choice between an 89-kwh (82-kwh usable) standard battery and a 105-kwh (97-kwh usable) Performance Battery Plus, while the rest of the lineup, including all Cross Turismo versions, get the larger pack.
The Taycan weighs about 4,600 to 5,200 pounds—no significant increase due to the higher battery capacity this year—and despite those high numbers it manages to perform with sports-car agility and has especially great steering and handling compared to that of other performance EVs. In the Taycan it feels like you’re sitting with the low-set center of mass of the battery pack, rather than on it. Grip and poise through corners is phenomenal, with a firm but forgiving ride quality.
All Taycan models now include an air suspension with several height settings. A new fully active suspension called Porsche Active Ride is optional, incorporating an active-damper system that generates force at each wheel—soaking up road heaves and body motion but at some expense of steering feel. Rear-wheel steering is also available.
If there’s one area where the Taycan might use a little improvement, it’s the brakes. They’re every bit as strong as what’s needed for this car and the triple-digit speeds it can reach—including supercar-grade ceramics in some versions—but the pedal’s blending of regenerative braking with the pads themselves isn’t always as smooth as it could be.
Porsche also deviates from other EVs in how it tunes regenerative braking in the Taycan. A base “Off” setting allows the car to coast much like a gasoline vehicle, while an “On” setting ramps it up somewhat, as if it were being driven in one gear lower. An “Auto” mode employs active-safety sensors to adjust regen so as to lessen the need to press the brake pedal, but there’s nothing close to the one-pedal driving some EV drivers appreciate.
2025 Porsche Taycan Comfort & Quality
The front seat remains the place to be in the Taycan, and Cross Turismo models bring unexpectedly great versatility.
The 2025 Porsche Taycan offers great fit and finish throughout, and the front seats are as supportive for the track as they are for the commute. Those two strengths earn a 7 here.
The Taycan is a four-seater (although you can opt for a middle-position seat), and it has a coupe-like roofline in its sedan form, so it’s not surprising that back-seat space isn’t the priority. That said, it’s easier to get in there than the roofline implies, as the seat’s quite low, allowing enough headroom. The hardest part is allowing enough space for taller adults to wedge their feet behind and under the front seat if there are taller occupants up there already.
In front, the Taycan’s natural driving position is low but upright, with sport seats offering a wide range of adjustment (8-, 14-, or 18-way power adjustable) to hug thighs and hold upper backs in place, reducing fatigue even for longer days on curvy routes.
Cross Turismo models add 0.8 inches of ride height, and the elongated roofline and hatch pay off big in usability and versatility. It offers 15.7 cubic feet of cargo space with the rear seatbacks in place (versus 12.9 in most Taycan sedans), or 42.8 cubic feet with them folded in the Cross Turismo. The frunk remains the same deep 2.9 cubic feet across versions.
Leather, synthetic leather, and cloth possibilities are offered, and screens aside, driver focus is the priority, so Porsche has avoided a lot of bright, high-reflection trims here. With available acoustic side glass, it’s also exceptionally quiet throughout the cabin.
2025 Porsche Taycan Safety
No Porsche Taycan crash tests have been conducted in the U.S.
How safe is the Porsche Taycan?
As a niche model with relatively low sales figures, the Taycan hasn’t been crash tested by either of the U.S. testing agencies, so it doesn’t have a safety score in our ratings. Although if it’s any assurance, in EuroNCAP testing it earned top scores in nearly every test category when it was first released five years ago.
The Taycan also has relatively few standard safety features for its price. It comes standard with automatic emergency braking, front and rear parking sensors, and active lane control.
Porsche leaves various other assist-related safety features for the options list, including blind-spot monitors, automatic high beams, an exit warning system, and a surround-view camera system. Standout systems on the options list include an infrared thermal-imaging-based Night Vision Assist feature that might help spot pedestrians and wildlife, a remote parking system, and an InnoDrive driver-assist feature for highways, combining adaptive cruise control and active lane control.
2025 Porsche Taycan Features
Standard features are decent in the 2025 Taycan, but Porsche’s waiting to upcharge for all sorts of comfort, luxury, and appearance extras.
Even in its base form, the Taycan comes well-equipped like an entry luxury vehicle, with no skimping on the excellent infotainment system. A vast list of options will make every Taycan feel a little bit different, and combined with the decent standard features and infotainment, it adds up to an 8 here.
The 2025 Taycan starts at $101,395 and includes the air suspension, leather upholstery, a heated steering wheel, heated front seats, 8-way power-adjustable front seats with driver memory settings, a 15-watt wireless device charging, ambient lighting, and 19-inch alloy wheels, an 8.4-inch climate-control touchscreen, a curved 16.8-inch instrument display screen, and a 10.9-inch infotainment touchscreen with navigation and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility.
But wait; there’s more potential screen space. You can also opt for a 5.9-inch climate-control screen for the rear passengers, bringing a total of four zones, and another 10.9-inch touchscreen ahead of the passenger—and in this case, polarized so as to keep the driver from being distracted by movies or other content on that screen.
The warranty on the Taycan is 4 years/50,000 miles, although 8-year/100,000-mile coverage applies to the battery.
Which Porsche Taycan should I buy?
Those considering a Taycan run the gamut, including those who’ll drive it daily, those planning for track time, and those who want another fun-to-drive electric Porsche in a garage of sports cars—even including other Porsches. Fortunately, no matter what the model or build, most Taycans can meet all of those needs.
Definitely go with the larger battery, called Performance Battery Plus, as it makes the most of the Taycan’s faster-than-ever charging and long-legged highway efficiency. To experience the best of the Taycan for public roads, head for the middle of the lineup and the S, Turbo, or Turbo S models. To us, the 4S is a particular sweet spot in the lineup as the next-up Taycan Turbo costs more than $55,000 above the 4S. In its 4S Cross Turismo body style that doesn’t give anything up in driving enjoyment but adds a lot of versatility, you’ll need to check some option boxes to get the Taycan’s chassis tech that helps optimize ride and handling. For instance, the 4S Cross Turismo starts at $119,850, but we’d add the Sport Chrono package, adaptive sport seats, and dynamic chassis control, getting up to at least $128,000—and that’s even before adding any wheel or appearance upgrades.
How much is a fully loaded Porsche Taycan?
That depends on how you define fully loaded. To us, that’s the quickest, most expensive Taycan in the lineup, the Turbo GT Weissach package. There, in its fastest form, the Taycan drops 157 pounds versus the Turbo S, saying farewell to the back seat in the process. This sedan-only Taycan starting at $231,995 can be spotted by its big rear wing and somewhat different front aero work. Up close it subs in all sorts of carbon fiber trim and panels, and the steering wheel has an Attack Mode button good for momentarily adding 160 hp over its continuous 777 hp. Go with custom paint colors, painted wheels, carbon-fiber sill guards, and more, and you’ll pass $265,000.
2025 Porsche Taycan Fuel Economy
With a big boost to driving range and even quicker charging, the 2025 Taycan realizes the potential of its 800-volt architecture.
Is the Porsche Taycan efficient?
Yes. While we couldn’t say that so decisively for the previous Taycan, Porsche has emphasized efficiency and faster charging in all the engineering work it’s done for 2025. In all it boosts driving range up to 35%, Porsche claims, which brings one of its most popular trim levels well above the 300-mile mark, by EPA ratings, and others close. As such, it jumps to a 10 out of 10 on our scale.
The 2025 Taycan is offered with two different battery packs: Performance Battery (82 kwh usable) and Performance Battery Plus (97 kwh usable).
Base models with the larger pack top the lineup at 318 EPA-rated miles, while ratings drop to 295 EPA-rated miles with the Taycan 4S and 292 miles with the Taycan Turbo due to its higher-power propulsion system and more aggressive wheels and tires. Taycans aren't rated any lower than 266 miles with the larger pack (for the Turbo S), and even the edgy Turbo GT with Weissach package gets 269 miles. 2025 Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo models, with their completely different roofline, range from 261 to 277 miles.
That brings the Taycan closer to the same playing field as the Tesla Model S and its 405 miles and the Lucid Air with its range exceeding 500 miles in some versions.
What makes the Taycan a great choice for long road trips, where the infrastructure permits, is its much-improved, more accessible road-trip fast-charging. Despite a larger battery pack, it can now do a 10-80% charge in just 18 minutes. Peak charge power has been boosted to 320 kw, and when you find a 350-kw charger in route planning you’re far more likely to get the peak rate. Porsche has vastly widened both the temperatures at which that’s possible and improved the effectiveness of preconditioning the pack.
All Taycans come with a next-generation heat pump that should also help boost range in chilly climates, and an 11.0-kw onboard charger allows a full charge in less than 12 hours given a 9.6-kw (40-amp) charger on a 50-amp, 240-volt North American circuit.
