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All the lame upgrades...just put it all in 1 model..geez...nickel and dime rich people...why?
oh...is the taycan a mission E? same car? Its confusing
Jalopnik: The Electric 2020 Porsche Taycan: What We Learned Over 400 Fast Miles.
https://jalopnik.com/the-electric-2020-porsche-taycan-what-we-learned-over-1838333674
Journalism?
(Full Disclosure: Porsche flew me from Nuernberg, Germany to Copenhagen, Denmark, fed me fancy food, and put me up in three hotels along the route to Hamburg).
Disclaimer, I haven't yet read the Jalopnik article. However, my impression to date was that the transmission was to get a handle on heat at high speeds, something that people constantly rag on Tesla about. No?I appreciate the Jalopnik review and feel it was nicely balanced and leaves me more confused about what the Taycan is supposed to be and why Porsche made the choices they made. The two-speed transmission makes no sense to me given the mediocre range and no better "single speed" performance of the Teslas.
I appreciate the Jalopnik review and feel it was nicely balanced and leaves me more confused about what the Taycan is supposed to be and why Porsche made the choices they made. The two-speed transmission makes no sense to me given the mediocre range and no better "single speed" performance of the Teslas. Would the range have been even worse without the two-speed? I don't really understand the dumb regen settings, but those could be tweaked in software. There was no mention in the article about any ADAS systems - I'm assuming the Taycan has at least some form of TACC, but what about lane-keeping assist?
What I'm left with is a car that's got a boatload of configurable options (yay!) that quickly add up (boo!) and kinda sorta doesn't really excel at any one particular thing. It's not "the fastest" (compared to the Raven S P100D, "slugfest" at the 'Ring TBD...), it doesn't have the cabin or people storage, it doesn't really have a tremendous road trip range, it's not cheap even in base form, it doesn't seem to have any advanced driver safety/convenience features, and the charging network isn't really up to par (compared to the Supercharger network) in the USA.
Like many on here, any other EV is a good EV IMO, but I feel like Porsche poured boatloads of time, money, and effort into this thing and I still don't know what boxes it checks for all but a select few. The suburbanites who drive Macans and Cayennes aren't going to want it because it's too small and not an SUV. The Panamera drivers may consider it, but I don't see a whole lot of Turbo, let alone Turbo Ses around me, so I think many of them are priced out. The 911 et al. folks will see it as too overweight and too big. Hopefully they learned a lot for ver 2.0
That makes little sense, since the Taycan switches into second gear at around 100 km/h, so it will not make a difference for 0-60 mph times. I think it's pretty clear that the gearbox is all about high-speed performance. This is not only important for the Autobahn, but also track performance.Back to the first point. I believe that Porsche does not have the confidence to throw as much power at the motors as Tesla does. Whether this is because Tesla has better battery tech, better inverters, or if Porsche is more risk adverse and Tesla is the fool, I won't say, but I believe that Porsche knew they didn't want to achieve the strong 0-60 the way that Tesla did...a massive power dump. So they devised the transmission, which not only gives better acceleration off the line but also stronger mid-range acceleration as well.
What I am curious about is the cooling and usage of the front motor at high speeds, especially since they cannot disconnect it from the wheels like they can the rear.That makes little sense, since the Taycan switches into second gear at around 100 km/h, so it will not make a difference for 0-60 mph times. I think it's pretty clear that the gearbox is all about high-speed performance. This is not only important for the Autobahn, but also track performance.
That makes little sense, since the Taycan switches into second gear at around 100 km/h, so it will not make a difference for 0-60 mph times. I think it's pretty clear that the gearbox is all about high-speed performance. This is not only important for the Autobahn, but also track performance.