Here’s Porsche’s newest EV, the 1,000-horsepower Taycan Turbo GT

Enlarge / Porsche's midlife refresh for the Taycan arrives this summer. Among the changes is a new model called the Taycan Turbo GT. (credit: Porsche)

Porsche is adding another new variant to its highly competent Taycan electric sedan. As part of the electric Porsche's midlife refresh, there's a new Taycan that sits atop the performance tree, appropriately named the Taycan Turbo GT. It's the most powerful Taycan you can buy, with a peak output of 1,092 hp (815 kW), and the boffins in Germany have even cut about 157 lbs (72 kg) from the curb weight.

The eagle-eyed Porsche observer probably knew a faster Taycan was on the way. In January, wearing manufacturer's camo and described as an "unnamed pre-production prototype," the Taycan Turbo GT lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7:05.55, 20 seconds faster than Tesla's best time with its Model S Plaid (and 26 seconds faster than the Taycan Turbo S, previously the fastest variant).

Now, shorn of its camouflage and proudly bearing the Turbo GT name—as well as sporting the Taycan's new facelifted look—it has set a new record at Laguna Seca in California. With development driver Lars Kern behind the wheel, the Taycan Turbo GT lapped the 2.2-mile (3.6 km) circuit in 1:27.87, which is a track record for a production EV at that track.