Porsche Has 32,000 Applications for the Taycan, Ready to Ramp Up Production

When it finally unveiled the Taycan, four years after the Mission E concept it is based on was first shown, Porsche instantly knew it has a winner on its hands. The car sparked immediate reactions, overwhelmingly positive ones, that proved the Germans are on the right path.

The general feeling that the Taycan will perform great is backed by solid numbers and math, too. For the first year of production, Porsche initially planned to make 20,000 units, but given the much larger interest, things could change.

Andreas Haffner, Porsche’s head of Human Resources and Social Affairs, said this week there are now over 32,000 applications for the Taycan, and even if probably not all of them will turn into orders, this is a clear sign of how “great the interest is in shaping the future of the sports car.”

With that in mind, and given the fact the planned 1,500 new positions for Taycan production will be completed in the coming days, Porsche says an additional 500 people are to be hired next year at the Zuffenhausen facility.

“With the Taycan, we are showing that e-mobility is by no means a job killer. Rather, we are underlining its future viability, especially in the sports car segment,” said the German executive in a statement.

Sure, the car comes at a hefty price – the Taycan starts at around 50K more than the top-of-the-range Model S – but performances are there to match and even surpass: 625 ps (even more with overboost and launch control), an acceleration time of 3.2 seconds, and 450 km (280 miles) of range.

All things considered, Porsche seems to have held off the launch of its first electric car until the perfect moment. Tesla spent years softening up public perception about this type of cars, others helped EVs really take off, and now Porsche swoops in for the kill.

PRESS RELEASE

1 OCTOBER 2019Porsche builds another 500 new jobs: The company increases production in Zuffenhausen for the first purely electrically powered sports car. This is Porsche’s response to the great worldwide demand for the electric sports car, which celebrated its world premiere at the beginning of September.

After the completion of a Depositor program, far more than 20,000 prospective buyers had signed up. Orders received to date also indicate strong demand. As part of the new introduction of the Taycan, the sports car manufacturer is creating a total of 2,000 new jobs at its headquarters in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.

Taycan’s original production capacity was 20,000 units. This continues to be the requirement for the first year of production. By increasing its workforce by the end of the second quarter of 2020, Porsche is providing itself with the necessary flexibility to be able to produce more units if necessary.

Andreas Haffner, Member of the Executive Board for Human Resources and Social Affairs at Porsche: “With the Taycan, we are showing that e-mobility is by no means a job killer. Rather, we are underlining its future viability, especially in the sports car segment. In addition, more than 32,000 applications show how great the interest is in shaping the future of the sports car together with us.”

The filling of the originally planned 1,500 new positions will be completed in the coming days. The first recruitment activities were started in May 2018. The first standardized application days took place at the end of November 2018. When putting together the Taycan production team, Porsche is relying on a healthy mix of new colleagues and internal changers from the production of the two-door sports cars. To date, around 600 Porsche employees have taken advantage of the opportunity to make internal changes.

The recruitment is accompanied by the largest qualification offensive in the company’s history. Since February 2019, all Taycan production employees have been trained for their new jobs in temporary qualification halls and other training centers specially constructed. For this purpose, there are 45 different training plans with a training duration ranging from one month to six months. The Porsche learning platform is also open to all Porscheans in order to get fit for e-mobility. It currently comprises 380 hours of digital learning time and, as a central and user-friendly learning portal, guarantees that the high complexity and quantity of qualification hours can be mastered efficiently and effectively.

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News Source: Daniel Patrascu
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