How ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’ Pulled Off Its Climactic Chase Using Electric Cars

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” features the world’s first electric car chase. When writer and director Christian Gudegast was thinking about the film’s sequel, he knew he needed to raise the stakes, and what better way to do that than with an all-action, shoot-out car chase?

And it needed to feel fast and real. In the sequel, Gerard Butler is back as Nick, an L.A. cop determined to find renowned thief Donnie (O’Shea Jackson Jr.).

Reports of an armed robbery in Antwerp, Belgium leads Nick to Europe where he tracks Donnie down. Once he arrives, Nick reveals he’s leaving law enforcement to join Donnie on an elaborate diamond heist: Breaking into the World Diamond Center and stealing the pink diamond.

Gunfights and stunts ensue, but the one character that brings it all together is the Porsche Taycan Turbo S. The Taycan Turbo was the perfect vehicle to help Donnie, Nick and the team get in and out of the Diamond Center “undetected.” While it had speed, it was also stealthy.