wonderful electronic invention I want
you to be we've all come to see isn't it
a quarter-mile drag race between the
Tesla Model S performance and the Tyco
and Turbo S on an airport runway quick
recap then both these cars have two
electric motors one on each act also
four-wheel drive the Porsche weighs a
little bit more but has a fraction more
torque that Tesla has a few more
horsepower but the Tesla is quicker from
nought to 60 miles an hour according to
the claim to manufacturer figures two
tenths quicker but the Porsche is faster
supposedly from nought to a hundred
miles an hour so this race is a bit
close to cool really isn't it and before
you ask both cars have over 85 percent
chart now launch control so we done this
into Sport Plus mode foot on the brake
foot on the throttle ready to go oh good
start
Oh someone get me a neck brace
this is neck-and-neck I'm reeling it in
I'm reeling it in absolute huge upset
the porters mother that is incredible
that's like a same Bowl
losing 100 meters it just doesn't happen
I genuinely didn't think the porter is
gonna win that what a race I know poor
engineers' they're going to be at home
screaming at their screen saying just
say it jack or 800 vault architecture
and better thermal management means that
the port could do these drag races all
day whereas the Tesla's performance
would eventually tail off but you didn't
need to worry boys you won it fair and
square
a one-shot level playing field drag race
and the Tesla has been dethroned right
so that's the figures out the way nice
and early and good riddance quite
frankly because the endless numerical
comparisons between these two cars has
been fairly tedious because if you're
gonna drop a significant amount of money
and actually live with either of these
then it's how they drive on the road how
they make your field day-to-day that
matters a hell of a lot more than what
they do on the dragster so we've got a
day on the back roads and autobahns of
germany to find out which of these two
cars all things considered is better if
you want the most convenient electric
car the one with the most amount of
interior space that will go the furthest
that has the widest charging Network
well the Tesla Model S is still king
even six years after it was launched
this is the latest and greatest model s
of course the Model S performance and
we've already showed you earlier what it
will do if you kick it in the nuts but
if you drive like my granny then it
should do 365 miles on the W LTP cycle
which is bloody good isn't it it's over
a hundred miles more than you get out of
the Tyco and Turbo S why is that well
quite a few reasons actually the first
one being the Tesla has a bigger battery
100 kilowatt hours versus ninety three
point four in the tie can the tie can
also has why
so it's got higher rolling resistance
the Tesla is a little bit more slippery
it has a lower drag coefficient and I'm
guessing on this one because it's a
Silicon Valley company the power
management software and the Tesla
probably isn't too shabby either however
I shall need to swap into the Porsche
for this but Porsche decided early on in
this project that was worth sacrificing
a bit of practicality a bit of range in
the name of its ultimate goal making
this car drive as much like the 911 as
it possibly could honestly I spoke to
the lead engineer on this project and he
said that was their only objective and
you know what it's pretty damn close you
sit low like you're in a 911 you look
out like you're in 911 you can use the
front wings to position yourself on the
road like you're in and 911 and you can
tell that love and attention has been
lavished on all the control weights and
the touch points like you get in all
good Porsches it's those little things
that really matter you see driving along
in this Tesla it's quite serene really
it's whisper quiet
it's softly sprung in fact we drove this
actual car all the way from London to
Stuttgart for this test and only had to
stop a couple of times for a 45 minute
charge it really is a properly good GT
this one road-tripping this thing is a
breeze and as we all know the roll-on
performance is almost almost painful but
when you get to a corner it all starts
to unravel a bit the steering is super
quick but it's quite numb and remote the
brakes they could be a bit stronger the
body control it isn't great if I'm
honest this thing rolls and pitches when
you turn into a corner it does have a
low center of gravity but even so you
can feel that this car weighs 2.2 tonnes
now for most people stuff like that
doesn't really matter it doesn't affect
them it's not a deal-breaker but for
Porsche that's the stuff it cares about
which is why the steering in the Taikan
is superb it's not overly hyperactive
not overly
for native but you do feel like there's
a direct connection to the front axle in
fact the best compliment I can pay it is
that it feels familiar it feels like
other Porsches that air suspension is
pretty plush even on these 21 inch
wheels and the brakes the stopping power
and the braking feel is in another
league to the Tesla Italy this car has
carbon ceramic discs as standard but
actually 80% of the time what I'm
feeling through my right foot is region
it's artificial it's not pads on discs
which is remarkable really nobody's ever
made fake brakes feel quite as real and
the body control on this car well it's
just witchcraft really admittedly
Porsche has thrown pretty much every
chassis aid it has at this car so the
lesser models that cost a bit less but
don't get the PD CC active anti-roll
bars and the four-wheel steering a
standard might not be as clever but I
can only drive what's been put in front
of me and the way this thing goes around
the corner is just magic you turn it in
the front end sticks and then because
you've got that razor-sharp throttle
response you can just pick a point
somewhere just past the apex and then
slam the throttle you've got all the
grip and you're just boosted down the
next straight it's absolutely amazing to
behold and because you got all that grip
because the body control is so good it
just feels much much faster than the
Tesla point-to-point
it's no Twinkletoes don't get me wrong
but it definitely doesn't feel 2.3
tonnes but here's the thing and this
applies to both cars there are a couple
of things that limit the enjoyment when
you're shall we say
driving enthusiastically in an electric
car and the first is sound in this Tesla
we're doesn't really make any maybe a
high-pitched whine from the electric
motors whereas in the Thai can well
Porsche has actually made quite a big
effort with the sound that the Thai care
makes if I look down here there's a
button called electric sports ound so if
I press on there then you get more hums
at low speed and then this kind of wishy
sci-fi whistling noise when you press
the throttle hear that quite like it
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yeah the other thing is the lack of
gears the tie can actually has a
two-speed gearbox it will change up at
about 60 miles an hour when you're on a
full bore launch control the Tesla is a
single speed but the effect is the same
you don't have any gears to change you
don't have any paddles to hit you don't
have a stick in the middle of the center
console to waggle around and what you
end up finding is that changing gear is
the way we punctuate the driving
experience on a good road it's the way
we find our rhythm and without that you
tend to arrive at corners with a bit
more speed than you realize and at that
point weight isn't necessarily your
friend time for a top-up and right here
is the Tesla's advantage the Tesla now
comes with a ccs adapter so both cars
can use pretty much any public charging
point but only the Model S can use
Tesla's massive global network of
superchargers however in ideal
conditions it's the Porsche that can
charge faster and up to 270 kilowatts
which means 22 minutes for a five to
eighty percent charge whereas the Model
S can only charge it up to around 150
kilowatts so it takes a little longer
alright so while these two are juicing
up I can literally feel the electricity
vibrating through this cable and I
thought I'd give you a little look
around how much space you get with each
car because in this regard they are
actually quite different in the front
we've already been sitting there for
quite a long time the poor should sit a
lot lower the center consoles higher
it's more of a kind of cockpit
enveloping feel the Tesla you're a bit
more perched up it's a bit more Airy
they've made more of the fact that you
don't have to have a transmission tunnel
so the center console can lower you can
breathe a bit more Frank's or fruits
depending on which way you butter your
bread they both have them boots in the
front basically but the Tesla's is about
twice as big as the one you get in the
Thai Ken back seats now I'll admit I
probably got a little carried away when
I was doing my walk-around video with
the Thai cam when I said it had plenty
of room in the back it doesn't I was
getting carried away it's a bit cramped
back there for anyone over five foot
eight which was me a bit tight the Tesla
on the other hand
lots more legroom lots more space for
proper adults three of them across the
rear bench lots and lots of space boots
this is where it gets quite interesting
actually because on the tie can you have
just a little notchback lid here and you
can put the back seats down in there
you've got about the same amount of
space that you get in the VW golf in the
Tesla however you've got a massive
hatchback at the back and you can put
down the rear seats do that and you've
got pretty much the same amount of space
as you get in a Mercedes e-class wagon
and while we're here I thought there's a
couple of features on the tie can that
you might want to see they're quite
amusing if I'm honest the first is this
the spoiler is in hand cleaning mode now
the only purpose of that mode is that
when you're washing your tie can you can
fit your sham or leather under the edges
here and give it a proper clean and the
other is the charging port flap you've
probably already seen it gliding
effortlessly back into the bodywork but
I've just discovered that it's got
something called a winter mode now that
means when it senses an obstruction
usually caused by ice on a really cold
morning the motor will apply 20% more
torque have you ever heard of anything
more German than that in both interiors
the screen is king pulse prefers
quantity with five in total while Tesla
keeps things simpler with two one the
size of a five a side football pitch the
Porsche doesn't get over-the-air updates
like the Tesla yet although it is coming
but both have unique ways to keep
boredom to a minimum porch is the first
car to have an apple music app fully
integrated just link your account and
your full library history and even push
his own curated playlists are there for
you to fiddle with Tesla predictably
goes one further on top of the Corey
okie arcade games and for apps we
already know and admire there's now a
Tesla theater app that lets you link
your YouTube and Netflix accounts to the
car and watch whatever you want so long
as you're parked up right so we've done
drag racing we've driven on the roads
we've charged up we've caught up on
peaky blinders but being as we are in
Germany there's just one thing left to
do and that's drive as fast as we
possibly can on the public road which is
fortunate actually because we're a
little bit
late for our flight so there is a point
to all this first things first I need to
activate night assist mode and now we're
just looking for one of our favorite
road signs yeah there we go okay so this
car is limited to 161 miles an hour
which is about two hundred and fifty
nine kilometers now that Tesla is
limited to 155 miles an hour which is
about 250 kilometers now so Olli should
be having quite a lot of fun as well
all right we're already up to 230 240
250 to 5/9 at top speed we're still
going to 65 the car should be going this
quickly but it is 2 6 8 that was easy
if anyone was wondering Porsches built
in a little bit of extra speed at the
top end in your tag and Turbo S Wow and
that was easy
ok so there was a little bit of science
to our top speed run Holly and I both
clocked the instantaneous energy
consumption when our respective cars hit
their top speeds and the point than that
is that we can give you the theoretical
range that both cars would hit if they
were to run with a full battery at their
top speeds until they ran out of juice a
little bit of retrospective Top Gear
maths needed here and a little bit of
movie magic so here's those numbers
don't say the top gear doesn't bring you
the facts that matter now I know a
definitive verdict is what we all want
one car wiping the floor with the other
but the truth is that all of us the
media the fans have crushed these two
together as arch-rivals when in Fe way
but straight-line speed they go about
their business in totally different ways
if ease of use interior space
connectivity and one hell of a party
trick are your priorities then the Tesla
is still king
but if you value the subtle ways in
which a driver's car moves down the road
and interacts with the driver hand have
a surplus 50 grand then the tie can is a
superior machine to operate me I'll take
the tie can all day watch Netflix for so
many