Porsche Taycan Breaks Production EV Nürburgring Record

• Porsche has reclaimed the production EV Nürburgring lap record from Tesla, running a time of seven minutes and 33 seconds with a Taycan Turbo S.

• Driven by Porsche development driver Lars Kern, the Taycan was equipped with a special performance kit that included updated handling software and street-legal racing-compound tires.

• Beating the Tesla Model S Plaid's lap time is a win for Porsche, but performance EVs like the Lucid Air and Rimac Nevera have yet to run an official lap at the Nürburgring.

A new production electric-vehicle record now stands at the Nürburgring, besting Tesla's Model S Plaid lap time of seven minutes and 35 seconds set in September of 2021. Piloted by Porsche development driver Lars Kern, Porsche's Taycan Turbo S was able to beat Tesla's time by two seconds, with the official lap record now set at seven minutes and 33 seconds around the 12.94-mile loop. In a video released by Porsche, you can watch the lightning-quick lap complete with telemetry data and a 166-mph run on the döttinger höhe straightaway.