Yes, I could almost see that, but no, I will not take a new Raven P100DL with possible quality production issues (beyond yellow screen) over a functional, all stuff fixed (including recalls), P85DL I already have. I was extremely close to picking up a Raven P100DL, price was really tempting. I even made a trip to Tesla when picking up my wife's Model S from yellow screen treatment, intending to talk to sales to see if they had an inventory unit they wanted to move before the end of the quarter with some discount. While waiting, I listened to other people's issues, including one guy whose (I think, I didn't get the entire conversation) air conditioning keeps dying but service could not find anything in the logs, or reproduce it, so they were telling the guy next time he brings his car for the same issue and it doesn't happen, they will charge him 2 hrs of labor for diagnostics. Another guy had some random errors on the screen which they couldn't repro either, but he was able to show them pictures he took with his phone, so they knew it happens, but couldn't fix it. Long story short, once I picked up my wife's MS I went straight home, didn't even bother talking to sales about buying one - why pay tens of thousands of dollars and risk having to deal with appointment waits, parts waits, inability to diagnose, etc. All that for a quieter car, with few extra hp, and a biohazard mode (but with MCU2 which controls IC, so when it hangs or reboots both screens are dead). Oh, and given that every single one of the 4 brand new Model S I bought required some service visits to get it right (stupid things like charging errors, or mirrors not unfolding (or folding while driving) - it was annoying enough to have to spend time when service was not overloaded and cutting costs), I am thinking there is a very high chance a new one would need service too to fix production issues.
Taycan has proper phone integration (Apple Carplay, Android Auto, so you can use your phone apps on the big screen)? It also has surround view, HUD, 350KW charging, to name a few. Tesla has phone integration from a decade ago (you can talk via bluetooth and make phone calls, that's it). Which Tesla technology features are you referring to, which blows Porsche out of the water?
At the Taycan price point, you are absolutely correct. Had the Taycan Turbo S started at $100K, it would take a large chunk of P100D market.
Unlike Tesla, Porsche doesn't follow agile, i.e. "ship it, let the customers test it out for us". They literally have driven their prototypes millions of miles, testing in different climates and terrains. That is why it took them years. We can't apply a Tesla mind set of "new battery (or any part put into production), who knows how it will hold up" applying it to Porsche - very different design methodologies.
Now you're just spreading FUD, making up horror numbers. You could ask the same question about a P100DL, heck add a yellow screen, ludicrous disabled due to to many launches, and dying MCU which keeps hanging (along with instrument cluster) due to excessive flash part wear. Asking such a question doesn't mean that will happen or even that there is significant chance of it happening.
So, what you're suggesting is that to have happy ownership experience with Tesla, avoid the frustration of dealing with service & service, you simply need to treat them as disposable after a year or two. Well, it would probably work, but that imputes a huge cost of ownership for P100D's.
Really, what tech are some of you guys talking about here? According to you, what tech features did 2013 Tesla have that the Taycan doesn't. I can name a whole bunch of tech features Taycan has, like phone integration from this decade including any app you can run on your Android or Apple phone you can use on the car screen, surround view, hud, 350KW charging, battery which can handle repeated 0-100mph launches - there is a lot more, go through the build process on porsche website to see.
My bad about the HUD, I confused it with Night Vision option. As for actual range, my 253mile P85DL does real world range of ~200 miles, and as little as 140 when having some fun cruising through places like Montana, probably even less when temperatures drop under 40F. Taycan will absolutely have less range than P100D, since it is heavier and has a smaller battery. At this point we know very little about Porsche battery technology, however given their design processes, I would tend to believe it would hold up pretty well, the German's like to overengineer things, especially on high priced goods. Of course, only time will tell.
