But it ain't a whooping for the Model S, particularly when it is refreshed this year. And the low powertrain efficiency is part of the reason it's no Tesla killer.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/30467/watch-a-porsche-taycan-t...
The Taycan has a two speed gearbox to help with both phases of acceleration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uum9nffLasQ
The Taycan is a performance sports car and the Model S isn't. The Taycan is doing what it is built to do. What do you think the Taycan is built to do?
And yeah, Model S is a more practical car than the Taycan yet still holds its own (in spite of Porsche's complex gearing system due to Tesla's electric powertrain advantage).
I'm glad a worthy challenger to the Model S has finally been produced. Tesla is having to up their game to stay ahead, which is good. Competition between these two will push electric cars far ahead of fossil cars even at the highest levels of performance.
The Taycan is an expensive sports car. It will never have mass market uptake regardless of its efficiency.
The Macan is Porsche's best selling model because it's the cheapest Porsche you can buy and it's a compact SUV which is a popular body style.
> expensive charge, slow charge even with the 800V
The Taycan comes with three years of free charging on some charging networks. In any case, charging costs are the least of your worries relative to the cost of the car.
The Taycan achieves 80% state of charge in 22.5 minutes. That's hardly slow.