Anyone have standard battery in Taycan RWD? Feedback?

[f1eng]

Comparison for RWD from configurator....

Looking at those charts I would expect the standard battery to be better in real world use.
The small difference in higher speed acceleration will rarely be a problem for people who don't drag race (and even then tiny) but the lower weight will give better cornering and braking at all speeds and road conditions.

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[XLR82XS]

Looking at those charts I would expect the standard battery to be better in real world use.
The small difference in higher speed acceleration will rarely be a problem for people who don't drag race (and even then tiny) but the lower weight will give better cornering and braking at all speeds and road conditions.

Hardly any weight reduction. I notice zero difference in handling between standard vs. P+ batteries. I'm driving a loaner 4S now with standard battery and range is borderline acceptable for my weekly commute and standard usage. ~180 miles on 85% SOC. That's with flat roads and zero heat usage. Owners in cold climates that need more than 100 miles per day will suffer.

 

[f1eng]

Hardly any weight reduction. I notice zero difference in handling between standard vs. P+ batteries. I'm driving a loaner 4S now with standard battery and range is borderline acceptable for my weekly commute and standard usage. ~180 miles on 85% SOC. That's with flat roads and zero heat usage. Owners in cold climates that need more than 100 miles per day will suffer.

What!
205lb is not hardly any weight reduction.
10kg (~22lb) is about 0.35 secs a lap slower on a F1 car which is admittedly a lighter car to start with but all weight is bad for normal performance, engineering fact.

 

[farazkhu2]

Hello,

does anyone of you have standard battery option in Taycan RWD? Any regrets? What about resell value - it will be low?

what will you choose - PPB or leather interior?

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I went with the PB+. The standard seats are really good, no complains. I did get 14 way seats ( came with premium package ). I wanted extra range and absolutely for no reason, so I went with the PB+, I checked the standard and leather seats and couldn't justify the 4k plus cost.

 

[Avantgarde]

As I said before… only get the PB+ if you need the range. And by needing the range I mean chargers are spaced more than your car can travel on a charge. Otherwise just get the lighter and cheaper Taycan. Porsche’s statistics I think are more sandbagged for the standard battery than they already are generally. As proof the quarter mile is the same with the PB+. And if you calculate the peer to weight ratio you’ll find that there is no difference. Hence why times are so close.
I’d love to see a lap time around silverstone between identical cars with just the battery different; I think the lighter version could win… particularly on the RWD where 100kgs will represent more in percentage of the cars weight.

Disagree. I'd check your math. Weight increase is 80kg (3.7%) power increase is 68hp (16.7%). How can they have the same power to weight ratio? If you do the math you will see from porsche's own stats that PB+ is a full second quicker in 100-200km/h vs the PB version. This is not to say PB is a bad car, it is indeed a very nice ride, but there is a noticeable performance difference between the two in every scenario except 0-100km/h run.

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