2021 Porsche Taycan is the Rare EV that Beats Its EPA-Estimated Range in Our Testing

• The base-model Porsche Taycan achieved a 280-mile range and 97 MPGe in our real-world 75-mph highway range test.

• Our test car was equipped with the optional 83.7-kWh Performance Battery Plus, and the EPA estimates that configuration will travel 225 miles on a single charge.

• This makes the Taycan only the second car we've tested to beat its EPA-estimated range figure, with the Porsche doing so by the widest margin.

Porsche recently added a rear-wheel-drive base model Taycan to the electric sedan's lineup, which also includes 4S, Turbo, and Turbo S variants. The base-model Taycan is EPA-estimated at up to 225 miles of range, but it's now the second electric vehicle to exceed the EPA's estimates in our real-world 75-mph highway test, achieving an impressive 280 miles and 97 MPGe.

We tested a Frozen Berry Metallic example equipped with Porsche's optional 83.7-kWh battery pack (a $5,780 option), which it calls "Performance Battery Plus". The standard pack has a 71.0-kWh capacity and is rated at 200 miles of range on the base model. Our test car was equipped with 19-inch aero wheels wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport 4 rubber.