In the motor world we run into all kinds of unlikely records. Some are more surprising than others, like some are more useful than others. Do 17.5 kilometers skiding in the snow Without stopping, it probably does not serve much in real life, but it serves to enter the Guinness book of records. That is the feat that recently achieved a Porsche Taycan GTSa high performance electric that was ideal for this challenge. Despite having total traction, the conditions were ideal to beat the previous brand.
The person in charge of beating the record was Jens Richter, brand instructor, which completed 132 turns to a circular circuit maintaining that controlled survival. It may seem little, but it was 46 minutes totally sideways to travel 17,503 kilometers and leave behind the previous mark of 14,809 kilometers. It is the record for an electric vehicle and It was not entirely easysince they had to abort the first attempt after about 11 kilometers due to the premature deterioration of the ice rink.
The second attempt was the final and took advantage of the decrease in temperatures with dusk. The Taycan GTS demonstrated a Very high control levelsomething that can only be achieved thanks to a balanced chassis and a performance performance. This electric version has two engines to add 700 hp of power (with the Launch Control) and has surprising benefits. Accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.3 seconds And it has an autonomy of 628 kilometers, although under these conditions it would be reduced substantially.
The place where the record has broken is the ice rink in the Porsche Arctic Center de Levi (Finland). About 150 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle created this circle of 59 meters in diameter that was ideal. The Porsche Taycan had no modifications and mounted Michelin tires with 1 millimeter tacos that are optionally available. It is not the first brand that beats This specimen, because it already made the altitude change record in an electric (+5,573 meters), the maximum speed in a closed building (165.1 km/h) or skidding 42,171 kilometers in 55 minutes.
