If you had been to ask a person who does not reside in China no matter whether they’d choose to personal an EV from Germany or 1 from China, we suspect most would answer Germany. However, Chinese auto makers have upped their game in current years and are now constructing several premium EVs to rival these from other markets. But can they also compete with the Germans in the overall performance stakes?

To uncover out, CarWow not too long ago gathered two of the newest Chinese EVs to launch in Europe, the HiPhi Z and the HiPhi X. It then pitted them against the Porsche Taycan GTS Sport Turismo and a BMW iX M60 to see which accelerates the quickest and which can brake the hardest.

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In the very first race, all 4 launch off the line extremely properly but it is the Porsche and BMW that right away start to pull ahead. This is regardless of the reality that the Taycan GTS delivers 590 hp and 626 lb-ft (850 Nm) compared to the 672 hp and 605 lb-ft (820 Nm) of the HiPhi Z and regardless of the BMW iX M60 also getting the heaviest of the 4, tipping the scales at a hefty two,584 kg (five,696 lbs). Key to the overall performance credentials of the Taycan is that it weighs the least of the 4 automobiles (two,310 kg) whilst assisting the BMW is the reality that it delivers 619 hp and a mammoth 811 lb-ft (1,one hundred Nm) of torque.

The second race is also extremely competitive but it is the Porsche and BMW that storm ahead and cross the finish line ahead of their Chinese rivals. A rolling race is also held and whilst the HiPhi Z initially pulled into a sizeable lead, it hit an electronic speed limiter and was swiftly overtaken by the Porsche and BMW.