oh I Kris we're here to talk about the
new electric pulse to push the tire but
before we do I just want to rewind and
get the state of play on Chris Harris
his brain on electric cars do you like
them do you hate them how are you
approaching this review when you feel my
beloved brand Porsche is quality more
open-minded than people give me credit
for if an electric car is good I'm gonna
say it's good I just think there's been
a lot of electric vehicles over the last
10 years that have been sold as the
future and they're they don't seem to
fit into anyone's life you have to fit
into the cars life and at that point I
think take a taxi yeah so I'm not
interested in Nissan Leafs and all that
sort of stuff I just don't think they
have the range to support anyone other
than some of the lives in town and
what's the doodle about then Tesla comes
along right and they change the game
completely
but what frustrated me about Tesla is
that they're so obviously cars for
people that don't like cars they're
hugely impressive they're very fast but
the subtleties of a car that really
excites you I'm missing from a Tesla the
way they handle the way they ride the
way they drives some of the way they put
together is disappointing so when
Porsche turns up to do it I get excited
yeah so leave the unterminated question
so what does the tie can do you there
other electric cars don't it works on
several levels first of all it excites
you about the future because it shows
that when a company like Porsche gets
hold of this technology they can give
you something that you want to drive
yeah but the moment you get in it it
feels like a Porsche the control weights
feel like a Porsche it can ride and
handle properly it's hugely impressive
my first observation in the UK is the
turbo s is too much
it's too fast because you're out of sync
with the other traffic every time you
try and gas it
you almost rear-end the car in front so
I thought it was a bit too quick in a
straight line but but compared to a too
much power for Chris house well just
generally I just you don't need that
much yeah yes I think it's the way that
it rides and handles it reminds you that
there is an art to making a car drive as
a homogeneous whole rather than just
being a drag race king Tesla's are great
off the line yeah don't get me wrong but
the moment you hit the first corner it's
a bit ok yeah yeah that that lap time
that Stig poem is impressive right did
you see the footage it's so flat that
was the most exciting lap I've seen the
walkers yes at 2.3 tonne
it was probably a bit of homes did bit
of understeer but it's got all that
grand that was impressive it's a it's an
interesting car because it showcases
what's going to come yeah well I think
that's exciting
it's a frustrating car on many levels
because you know what could be possible
right now but you get the feeling
they're just holding back a bit for the
one after this and the one after that
what's interesting cuz a lot as a
barometer of where electric technology
is this car so it's got enough space
it's has it well a weird size of car I
don't quite understand the joys lot it
under the Panamera aren't they so well
they don't you just do and they've ended
up with something that isn't big enough
in the back there for a normal family
and and also this arrangement here
because it looks like a hatchback it's
not this letterbox here is very very
narrow the boots not very big so is it
is it a genuine m5 replacement no it's
not and they're going to do an electric
Panamera what comes to at the minute
about the about the future but basically
so anyway they've got this car to ride
and handle drive beautifully but it's
still only do 250 miles 200 miles in the
real world it weighs 2.3 tons that there
is the limitation of batteries and
motors right now it's uh I suppose it's
like any technology when it's new and
rolled out it's for rich people
I hate to say it unless you're
absolutely minted and have got access to
another car and own a house that has a
driveway that you put a charging point
in this won't work for you it really
won't yeah and Tesla has a huge
advantage with the supercharger network
because the best thing about using a
sensor on daily basis is the
supercharger network it's almost more
gratifying than the car itself it works
when you plug in you think actually
someone's thought about this anyway the
future of port right so they've said
they were on record said next McCann's
going to be electric yeah the
replacements for the came in and Boxster
when they come are going to be a lecture
that's still I gather slightly up for
debate but I think it's going that way
it's they're well they're getting to a
point where they're they're happy to say
this is gonna happen Panamera electric
KN electric supporters heading towards
an all-electric company how important
not is it because the 911 will remain
read fence it haven't you because
imagine all electric Porsches and then
one day if they can keep well they will
I think every car company will be
allowed one folly yeah and Porsche is
probably will obviously be the 911 yeah
it'll be hybridized I think heavily
hybridized and it might be able to get
one more gt3 with longer aspirated
engine build and that's gone yeah when
we talk about this type of car going
electric I'm excited because I like the
silence I love the performance when we
talk about vehicles that are more
emotional yeah it makes me sad I don't
want an electric 911 I'm so interested
in it so but it's almost an opportunity
isn't it if they can ring-fence I keep
that pure keep you know naturally yes
they can but it's gonna be long as
possibe massively expensive I just think
it's sad I really do and I think what
what the way car companies look at their
total emissions that's where it works as
a company your vehicle range has to hit
a certain point so there's a credit and
debit side and whatever they're using up
with the 911 being petrol driven yeah
then the rest of it has to be electric
and clean yes how clean is it this is
the thing I really worry that
legislation and politicians are
hoodwinking people into thinking this
vehicle is genuinely zero emissions it's
not even the most kind research into
this vehicle will tell you that it
probably needs to do 15,000 miles before
you've brought back any of the emissions
yeah that you would have used in an
equivalent gasoline-powered car the less
kind studies are saying 25,000 miles for
some people that's five six years of use
in their car and where's all the lithium
coming from where the heavy metals I
yeah I'm just going to stop me there
because we're getting dangerously close
to being informative so we'll finish on
a big question what's it like to drift
oh yeah that's interesting so it's not
entirely intuitive it's but it's not as
if it suddenly becomes rear-wheel drive
if you've ever driven and r34 GTR
a bit like that it's it's wattle and
steering related the way the four-wheel
drive works so you give it four beans it
throws everything to the rear
immediately and then it'll start to
bring the front in yeah so if you try
and hold it steady state with lock on it
won't work so you have to just feather
it get the wheels straight almost and it
like a rally car it will just begin to
slide there are some big issues with it
one is the tire just can't deal with it
it's 2.4 tonnes so you feel
you drifting something 700 kilograms
you're not laughs yeah all you can hear
is the wheels oh yeah well they tought
we did after this big slide shots you
see in the film on the tele show the
times were done three slides they're
done so that's a bit of a problem so
they need to develop new tires to deal
with the talk and it's not entirely
intuitive but the engineer that came to
with the car had a glint in his eye and
the glint to me said we've just given
you a taste of where we're at and what
he did say is I'm so desperate to show
you where we're at right now in
development because the future is going
to be great we'll be talking about that
this hub sighs I hope so his boss