{"id":366,"date":"2025-01-29T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T21:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sacueta.com\/?p=366"},"modified":"2025-01-30T13:55:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T13:55:56","slug":"porsche-taycan-gts-sets-ev-drifting-record-on-ice-because-it-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacueta.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/porsche-taycan-gts-sets-ev-drifting-record-on-ice-because-it-can\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche Taycan GTS Sets EV Drifting Record On Ice Because It Can"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sacueta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Porsche-Drifting-Recoird-1024x576-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-13 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>The all-wheel Taycan smashed the previous record of 9.2 miles (14.809 km).<\/li>\n<li>Nevertheless, a rear-wheel drive Porsche Taycan holds the outright EV drifting record.<\/li>\n<li>The sleek electric sedan now holds four separate Guinness World Records.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Porsche has set a new Guinness World <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/record\/\">Record<\/a> for the longest continuous vehicle drift on ice by an EV, using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2024\/11\/porsche-introduces-690-bhp-taycan-gts-alongside-entrylevel-taycan-4\/\">Taycan GTS<\/a> as its weapon of choice. For 46 minutes, Porsche Experience instructor Jens Richter completed 132 laps of an ice track, covering 10.87 miles (17.503 km) in a seemingly never-ending powerslide that we can only dream of having the skills to replicate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The record was set at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/porsche\/\">Porsche<\/a> Arctic Center in Levin, Finland, and the Taycan GTS was equipped with Michelin winter tires with one-millimeter spikes. While a new Guinness record was achieved, it didn&rsquo;t come easy. Richter had to abandon his first attempt after drifting for roughly 6.8 miles (11 km) because the ice track had started to deteriorate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2023\/09\/porsche-taycan-cross-turismos-set-guinness-record-for-greatest-altitude-change-in-an-ev\/\">Porsche Taycan Cross Turismos Set Guinness Record For Greatest Altitude Change In An EV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, as darkness began to fall, the temperatures dropped, ensuring the track could withstand the rigors of a heavy EV sliding across the surface for 46 minutes straight. The previous record of 9.2 miles (14.809 km) was smashed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;With our new Guinness World Records title on ice, the Taycan has once again proven its sideways driving qualities,&rdquo; Richter said after the stunt. &ldquo;And this time even with all-wheel drive. The fact that the Taycan GTS can be controlled so well even under extreme conditions speaks volumes for its excellent chassis and balanced performance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Other Drifting Records<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For as impressive as the new record is, it&rsquo;s far from the longest drift ever performed, nor is it even the longest drift recorded by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/porsche-taycan\/\">Porsche Taycan<\/a>. In late 2020, a Porsche Experience instructor in Germany drifted a rear-wheel drive Taycan around a paved circuit for 26.2 miles (42.171 km), setting an outright <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2020\/11\/porsche-taycan-sets-guinness-world-record-for-longest-ev-drift\/\">Guinness record for the longest EV drift<\/a>. However, not even that comes close to the <em>outright<\/em> drifting record.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2018\/01\/watch-new-bmw-m5-set-two-drifting\/\">BMW M5 drifted around a skid plan<\/a> for more than eight hours straight, covering a distance of 232.5 miles (374 km). That feat was made all the more impressive because the car had to be refueled mid-drift by another M5, just like how a fighter jet is refueled in mid-air. An EV won&rsquo;t threaten that record anytime soon though, unless charging technology improves significantly, allowing for ultra-quick charging in the future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"type:slideshow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/section>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The all-wheel Taycan smashed the previous record of 9.2 miles (14.809 km). 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