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Thoughts On e-tron GT Family

Discussion in 'Electric Vehicles' started by AW9nineteen, Feb 23, 2021.

  1. roblab

    roblab Active Member

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    This is true. My S does not get 400 miles on a charge, but I'll tell you what: The range is a lot further than my wife's 3. I'm so happy that a Taycan is doing so well, but I think my S beats it. EPA says my range is 391. Pretty close to 400, I'd say, and not enough to quibble about.

    After driving electrics since 2002, I have learned that "Range is King". It lessens charge times on trips, allowing for leaving the motel full, then recharging once while you eat lunch. That's maybe 700 miles in a day, and that's a ten hour drive. It beats every other car out there for range, has great looks, acceleration, comfort, quiet, blah de blah.

    Another thing that is often overlooked: Tesla is not competing with other car companies. They LEAD. If it weren't for Tesla there wouldn't be any other electrics.
     
  2. mk677

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    so posting my experience is SPAMMING? really
    I tried everything you listed, was on with EA support that repeatedly could not get ONE unit at that site to initiate a charge to my car.
    you do understand that there is a handshake involved, and for whatever reason the handshake did not happen
    I would consider being a charging station with a low SOC and not able to charge to be within the realm of stranded, fortunately there was a greenlots unit fairly close by, if I was in a different place I may not have been so fortunate.
    porsche does not say coming soon in their promotional marketing, it says that I will be able to use the Electrify America units to charge my car from 5% soc to 80% soc in 22 minutes, it says that the car is capable of communicating with the charger to initiate the charging session. that has not occurred for me yet, I have had to use the app to get the charging initiated. so while you have had some success with the EA units, I had a complete fail, does your or anyone else's story negate my story?
    fixable? porsche is selling the system now, not in some future time.
    I was able to charge albeit with the assistance of EA support and jockeying from unit to unit the day before 2 fails out of 3 is not a good record.
    if you are driving a gasser and go to 3 filling stations and 2 of them cannot put fuel into your car is that considered acceptable? the EA system lacks consistent reliability, which is crucial. getting into the car, embarking on a road trip and not knowing if you will be able to complete the trip because you cannot get the car charged is in my book unacceptable.
    that's great but that is not my experience.
    unfortunately I am thousands of miles from paso

    I don't know why some of you feel the need to challenge someone who is pointing out severe flaws encountered with the charging.
     
  3. drtimhill

    drtimhill Active Member

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    I'll wait till I see one for real .. a good photographer/photoshopper can make a rhinoceros look sleek and sexy. OTOH Audi historically have a good design aesthetic (externally, at least .. I dont like the cluttered "noisy" interior design language they have at present).
     
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  4. polyphonic54

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    It's just a little too "traditional," though the GT is moving in the right direction, especially with ditching the bottom screen. The Q4 has the right idea for interiors, imo, although still a bit much piano black.

    Audi Q4 e-tron concept | audi.com
     
  5. dortor4ev

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    you have zero data to make this sort of assertion - you don't know what the success rate is - you're just mad cause you couldn't figure out how to activate a EA charger and now your wife won't ride with you in your new toy.
     

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