Can the Porsche Taycan convince me to go electric?

How far the world of electric vehicles has come in just a decade. Back in 2011, the most prevalent ‘EV’ to be found on the streets of London was probably a G-Wiz, the Indian-built microcar that was so light, small and slow that it was officially deemed not to be a car at all, but ‘a heavy quadricycle.’ But the 2012 launch of Tesla’s Model S proved that battery power wasn’t just for speed-fearing tree-huggers whose idea of excitement was to potter to the shops at 15mph in what was widely regarded as one of the least attractive automobiles ever made. No – electric cars could be fast, fun, glamorous and covetable. 

And now there’s no going back: EVs are here to stay, and every manufacturer worth its salt is making them – including Porsche, a marque famous for building exciting, hugely capable and often challenging ‘driver’s’ cars. Having owned, driven and loved my old 911 for the past 15 years, I can’t deny that the thought of a sporting Porsche with anything other than a wailing, preferably air-cooled, flat-six engine in the back doesn’t seem quite right. But