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2020 Porsche Taycan 4SHandout / Porsche Canadian Porsche Taycan customers will be happy to hear that when their super-EV arrives on their doorstep, theyll be getting aside from the blistering speed and the sleek styling three years of charging, already included in the purchase price.Yes, the price tag ($119,400 for the base 4S) will cover 36 months of charging at Volkswagen-owned Electrify Canada public charging stations.Electrify Canada’s highway and metro stations offer 350-kW DC fast-charging as do many Porsche dealers which means the Taycan, which runs on 800-volt tech and uses a combined charging system (CCS) plug to charge at a max 270 kW, can be juiced up from five- to 80-per-cent charge in only 22 minutes and 30 seconds.(Fine print: your complimentary charge runs out after 30 minutes, and while the 32 Electrify Canada stations set to open across the country by 2020 will have an average four charging dispensers, only a minimum one of those will be guaranteed to be a 350-kW charger.)Still, that would be great news if the vehicles range was anywhere close to what Porsche claimed it was. According to new numbers just released by the EPA, it might not be. Porsche claims the Taycan can nail 300 miles (482 kilometres) of driving range with a fully charged battery, and the European WLTP testing standard showed it could indeed net up to 280 miles (450 kilometres) of range in the real world.The U.S.-based EPA tests delivered a bombshell mid-December, however, showing the Taycan could realistically only manage 201 miles (323 kilometres) of range in its tests.To combat the poor rating, Porsche has already hired an independent testing firm to put the Taycan through its electric paces. The numbers that third party delivered were much more favourable 269 miles (433 kilometres) highway, and 283 (455 kilometres) city.Whatever the Taycans real-world numbers end up looking like, range anxiety aint stopping people from wanting to drive it. In Europe, there have already been 30,000 customers whove put down money to get the Taycan in their garage. Some 20,000 Taycans are expected to be delivered to Europeans in 2020.LISTEN: What do you get when you combine a cross-country electric vehicle road trip with a poignant love story? Mary Ann’s Electric Drive, that’s what. In this week’s episode of Plugged In, we chat with Harvey Soicher, a Vancouver man who tragically lost his soul mate 18 months ago but found some semblance of healing by embracing what he calls a ‘pioneer spirit’ to drive his Audi e-tron from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean and back.
Origin: Porsche Taycan price covers three years of charging in Canada

With no shortage of crossovers and SUVs for sale today in Canada, it’s inevitable a few of them won’t have the mouth to match their off-road trousers. Like a glib-tongued salesman making promises he can’t keep, some all-wheel-drive rigs look like they’re ready for adventure but promptly crack a nail (or chin spoiler) the instant the pavement ends. So, is the new GLB glib? Let’s find out. It has the rough-and-ready appearance down pat, with a lantern jaw visage and the de rigeur black cladding above the wheel arches which appear like kudzu on all vehicles in this segment. Its roofline aft of the C-pillar is similarly upright, flying in the face of all these so-called crossover coupes. Your author thinks this is a good thing. It’ll maximize cargo room, too. To say it’s a mini-G is a bridge too far, but at least it doesn’t look like a used bar of soap. So it has the looks. What about power? The two-liter four-banger is said to haul this GLB 250 4MATIC to 100 km/h from rest in less than seven seconds, with that 4MATIC suffix denoting standard issue all-wheel-drive. In regular conditions, the system shoves 20 per cent of available power to the rear wheels, 30 per cent in Sport mode. Inside, the GLB is all-Mercedes, with a vast digital panel spanning most of the dashboard atop three centrally-positioned round air vents. That silver streak in front of the passenger isn’t the same grab handle found in the G, but it sure looks like one. Other aluminum trim ratchet up the luxury-industrial feel. This is a three-row rig, by the way, with Merc promising that passengers measuring 1.68 metres tall (about 5’5”) should be able to fit comfortably. USB ports abound, including in the third row, along with the comfort and convenience options one tends to expect from the three-pointed star. With standard all-wheel drive and legions of amenities, the GLB isn’t totally glib. As for us, we’re hanging on to our chequebooks until the inevitable hot model arrives with more power. Think the company’ll place its new 421-hp four banger in this thing? No, neither do we—but stranger things have happened. They are stuffing that engine into an A-Class hatchback, after all.
Origin: Mercedes-Benz takes the covers off the 2020 GLB 250 4MATIC