{"id":5758,"date":"2020-04-22T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2525260"},"modified":"2020-04-22T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T19:00:00","slug":"porsche-is-working-on-a-cheaper-two-wheel-drive-taycan-ev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/22\/porsche-is-working-on-a-cheaper-two-wheel-drive-taycan-ev\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche is working on a cheaper two-wheel drive Taycan EV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s meant for China and other markets where four-wheel drive isn&#8217;t necessary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-article_block \">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+ mt-n40\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+ pt-40\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stretch-img  hide@m-\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=80&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-04%2F37f610d0-844e-11ea-b7e8-07f34f74fa3a&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=92a3c1cacfc64fc367fd138c87680b0860f95070\" alt=\"Porsche Taycan\" \/><figcaption class=\"mt-15 t-meta c-gray-3\"><span class=\"c-gray-7\">Roberto Baldwin \/ Engadget<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:Porsche%20is%20working%20on%20a%20cheaper%20two-wheel%20drive%20Taycan%20EV;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>Porsche&rsquo;s Taycan EV will apparently come in four models instead of just three like the luxury automaker originally&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2018-12-28-porsche-taycan-ev-prices.html\" data-rapid_p=\"1\" data-v9y=\"1\">announced<\/a>. In an interview with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/first-official-pictures\/porsche\/taycan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Car Magazine<\/em><\/a>, R&amp;D chief Dr Michael Steiner said an entry-level Taycan will be joining the mid-range 4S, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-09-04-porsche-taycan-unveil.html#\/\" data-rapid_p=\"3\" data-v9y=\"1\">Turbo and the Turbo S<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It will be a two-wheel drive vehicle for markets that don&rsquo;t need four-wheel drives &mdash; &ldquo;places like China, where weather conditions mean you don&rsquo;t need it,&rdquo; he said. In addition, the vehicle will have a smaller battery to make it as affordable as possible for a Porsche EV. The mid-range 4S, as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2020\/04\/21\/porsche-taycan-two-wheel-drive-smaller-battery-lower-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Autoblog<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;notes, has a 79.2-kWh battery with 252 miles of range.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>Unfortunately, Steiner refused to confirm a price for the entry-level Taycan, but it will be cheaper than the $100,000&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-10-14-porsche-taycan-4s-ev.html\">4S model<\/a>&nbsp;and definitely cost much less than the $150,000 top-of-the-line variants.&nbsp;<em>Car<\/em>&nbsp;expects the vehicle to be initially available in China before arriving in the UK in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-09-04-porsche-taycan-unveil.html#\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-09-04-porsche-taycan-unveil.html#\/<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Mariella Moon<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Mariella Moon<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s meant for China and other markets where four-wheel drive isn&rsquo;t necessary. Roberto Baldwin \/ Engadget Porsche&rsquo;s Taycan EV will apparently come in four models instead of just three like the luxury automaker originally&nbsp;announced. In an interview with&nbsp;Car Magazine, R&amp;D chief Dr Michael Steiner said an entry-level Taycan will be joining the mid-range 4S, the&nbsp;Turbo &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/22\/porsche-is-working-on-a-cheaper-two-wheel-drive-taycan-ev\/\">Continue reading <span>Porsche is working on a cheaper two-wheel drive Taycan EV<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/22\/porsche-is-working-on-a-cheaper-two-wheel-drive-taycan-ev\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Porsche is working on a cheaper two-wheel drive Taycan EV - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/22\/porsche-is-working-on-a-cheaper-two-wheel-drive-taycan-ev\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Porsche is working on a cheaper two-wheel drive Taycan EV - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&rsquo;s meant for China and other markets where four-wheel drive isn&rsquo;t necessary. Roberto Baldwin \/ Engadget Porsche&rsquo;s Taycan EV will apparently come in four models instead of just three like the luxury automaker originally&nbsp;announced. In an interview with&nbsp;Car Magazine, R&amp;D chief Dr Michael Steiner said an entry-level Taycan will be joining the mid-range 4S, the&nbsp;Turbo &hellip; Continue reading Porsche is working on a cheaper two-wheel drive Taycan EV Continue Reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/22\/porsche-is-working-on-a-cheaper-two-wheel-drive-taycan-ev\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-22T19:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=80&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-04%2F37f610d0-844e-11ea-b7e8-07f34f74fa3a&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=92a3c1cacfc64fc367fd138c87680b0860f95070\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Aneesa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Aneesa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/22\/porsche-is-working-on-a-cheaper-two-wheel-drive-taycan-ev\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/22\/porsche-is-working-on-a-cheaper-two-wheel-drive-taycan-ev\/\",\"name\":\"Porsche is working on a cheaper two-wheel drive Taycan EV - 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