PCA Spotlight: We go underneath and inside the Porsche Taycan at Tech Tactics West

In late November, PCA hosted Tech Tactics West at Porsche’s dealer technician training facility in Eastvale, CA and fortunately there were plenty of Porsche Taycans on hand as well as Lukas Kraemer, Manager of Complete Vehicle, Taycan, to give a presentation to attendees. Kraemer went a step further and allowed us to film a tour of components underneath the EV, as well as inside a car without its interior.
In the video above, you’ll learn about the three-chamber air suspension, battery tech - including how the cooling system works - and more.

[@joshl.6982]

Really appreciate this video, even though it’s 4 years old. I just bought a Taycan 4 Cross Turismo. I know it’s not the fastest Taycan like Turbo S, but it’s such a joy to drive. This is the 4th Porsche I owned. The first 3 were all ICE cars. And just like the ICE Porsches, this car feels balance and well engineered. Amazing quality too!

[@foersom5928]

Great technical details in this video. Next time use a better camera with faster auto-focus.

[@vrheadstrap_com8925]

Super interesting and detailed. Amazing video, nothing else! Cheers

[@Nicrobeeld]

Very interesting! Thanks a lot, PCA!

[@georgebeuselinck951s]

Very nice job, Vu and Damon!

[@KrustyKlown]

nice technical review, not done elsewhere, thanks!

[@miloszikic88]

Nothing else like this on YT! Great work, I'll subscribe right now ;)

[@bennychung988]

Good video. Recently I can hear water flow sounds come from the bottom of my taycan when the car is moving slowly. What do you think which part of the car most possibly to contain and trapped the water? Thank you

[@donnie919evo]

Masterpiece!

[@MarkJCarruthers]

That camera can not decide if it wants to focus or not.

[@JC-eo9cd]

Great content but I found the use of a single mic passing back and forth distracting. The conversation could have been more fluid if each person had their own mics, like Lavalier lapel mics for example.

[@ValdisVitols]

lol, after reading all those 3mm battery dent cases requiring 50k $ repairs, this video becomes much more interesting :))))

[@Timeless_Essence]

in case a cell goes bad and can be replaced that is VERY good. I'm not gonna swap the whole damn battery for one issue thats not economical.

[@ukwan]

As someone who's spent years racing radio control cars with Lithium batteries inside, I'm terrified of these things, I just don't see how you can make a Lithium battery car safe on impact, as soon as you crack a cell you have air which equates to fire.
Petrol doesn't ignite without spark.
I'd love someone with more experience around this to explain to me how they're going to stop this from happening, or is it just the case of if you hit something hard enough, you will burn to death?

[@matthuber9925]

if you hit something hard enough, a fire is not your biggest problem, rather a mercy.

[@RunningFast]

Good video topic, needs 2 mics so bad though

[@willemvandoesselare7959]

Bjorn Nyland are you still with us ?

[@rogerjohnson378]

High voltage cables right behind the front tire, protected only by fender liners. Air tank on the lowest part of the chassis, right next to an equally ill placed air pump. This car is also exceedingly heavy even compared to the Model S, I don't think this car will do well.

[@NyashaM]

i thought the covers on both areas you highlighted are strong and tough

[@MateRimacAuto]

Those cables are for charing, hence not active/live during driving. So even if you damage them during a crash, there is no harm.

[@djprojectus]

@@MateRimacAuto Are you really Mate?

[@anuj.chokshi]

Lots of Taycan battery failures. Porsche looks to be covering up design flaw.

[@dasteknoviking]

Also those front HV cables that run from the RH charge port... They are running over a stud and over time will chafe through the insulation.... DFMEA not done right. :facepalm:

[@ericmutnan6358]

You don't need camber adjustment lol... So you just replace suspension parts anytime you hit a pothole. How very German of you.

[@SpiDey1500]

Cool stuff, but with only 201 miles pretty pointless

[@dasteknoviking]

Not impressed, having worked on Teslas for many years... I can now appreciate the time and engineering that went into designing the vehicle. Having the air tank and that Wabco compressor in that location is going to be problem for wet weather areas....

[@danharrigan8880]

It seems like legacy manufacturers go out of their way to make EVs more complicated than they need to be. My Tesla seems so simplistic from a mechanical point of view.

[@dasteknoviking]

@@danharrigan8880 making them simple lowers warranty costs and makes them easier to manufacture. There always is a bit of a disconnect between the service/manufacturing and design engineers. Leave it to the Germans to try to re-engineer everything so it's harder to service and costlier to the customers.... Smh

[@anthonyaguilar9341]

@@dasteknoviking Porsche is not about saving a penny. Trust me the engineers do an amazing job. The vehicles are very nice to work on compared to other brands and their repair instructions are second to none.

[@carholic-sz3qv]

@@danharrigan8880 nonsense, the porsche taycan is a proper built sport car unlike your bland teslas.

[@carholic-sz3qv]

The air tank is zero issues even in wet weathers, stop the crap!!

[@audiovideotech9777]

As a Porschefile, I saw the Porsche Taycan Turbo (charge the Turbo name, please Porsche). I looked and sat in the Taycan and I thought the build quality was very poor and the interior was lack luster plus the seats in a $167,000 Porsche should not feel like seats from a 1998 Audi A4. I dont see the Taycan Program lasting very long til it gets dropped from production.