Riding Shotgun In The MOST Anticipated EV Since The Tesla Model 3, The All-new Porsche Taycan

It would be more interesting to compare it with a Performance Model 3 than the Model S. The Performance 3 is optimized for the track. Based on the end of the article and the target specs, this will be slower than the Model S but will likely outperform it on a track. Not sure if that will be the case with the high-end 3.

While I've never driven any model Tesla, I spent several hours this afternoon driving a 2019 e-Golf. I seriously doubt the e-Golf performs anywhere near any version of the Model 3. Nicer interior, yes I believe that's the VW. But for performance, no, it's not in the same ballpark. Not even close.

I am seriously considering leasing an e-Golf, but the current range is still right at the ragged edge I want for some occasional trips. For my "normal" driving, the e-Golf is enough. I figure between the low lease payment and the electricity costing far less per mile than I pay to gas up my Outback, I can cut my monthly vehicle cost from over $800 to closer to $300.

Download the Chargepoint app and filter for free stations in your area. Your gas bill might just go to $0/mo with the Golf. Your maintenance should be next to nothing as well.

Now things will get really interesting for all parties involved. Nothing clears the air, settles or starts arguments more then head to head competition. While there will be winners and losers amongst all the manufacturers, in the end its car buyers who will benefit most. Let the fun and games begin.

The Taycan will leave no doubt as to how poorly engineered the Model S really is.

And Porsche actually thoroughly tests vehicles before launching them. Interesting concept.
Porsche build quality and dealer experience should widen the gap.

Yeah with Porsche you don't have some bait and switch BS do deal with either.

If any of you ever bought a new Porsche, you would know your statements above are untrue.

Nice try, dumbass. Go kneel before Elon and worship. Your church is about to be imploded.

How are the statements untrue? Are you saying Porsche does not thoroughly developed and test their vehicles? They are top of list on product quality and dealers.
Conversely, Tesla is dropped from recommendation by CR due to quality issues. Some cars are in the shop -if you can find one - for months. And their dealers, wait, they don't have, wait they do, oh wait they won't.

And Porsche actually thoroughly tests vehicles before launching them. Interesting concept.
Porsche build quality and dealer experience should widen the gap.

The tanking Model 3 sales show the HUGE mistake that Tesla made, assuming they are a "People's EV" company.

Tesla's market is rich people, pure and simple.

People in the market for an economy car (yes, the Model 3 is basically an economy car) are not buying the Model 3, aside from some former Prius owners who are now rich.

Since Porsche knows that THEIR market IS rich people and have developed their products accordingly, expect Tesla sales to further tank.

Three of my "Model S - early adopter" friends (who ditched their Tesla's after about two years) can't wait for their Taycan deliveries.

Indeed. The Model X needs to be recast into something large and conventional like the X7. The Model S is long in tooth. The Model Y is a massive stumble because it's not a crossover. It's just a bigger, more bloated Model 3.

The Model S may have been out for a while, but most people have not seen one if you don't live in a metro area. They are still a rarer sight. And in my view are still different enough they could work it for another few years. But MD is right a convention Model X would serve them well. The doors were a bad call.

You don't see them in rural area because they don't sell in rural areas. They need a new model in urban areas because they are common and long in tooth.

"When it comes to electric vehicles, there's no doubt in my mind that Tesla is leading the pack." Correction: WAS leading the (non-existent) pack. TEsla is now trailin g in practically every aspect - battery recharging half as fast as CCS protocol used by all automakers except Tesla and Nissan, and a network being built out by several players and oil companies with thousand times more cash than Tesla, which has severely reduced plans for its Supercharger network expansion, a network which cannot compete with the demand and ubiquity of the CCS networks. Battery power sustainability - the Porsche Taycan can produce max power output as long as the battery has power, while the Tesla battery system will overheat after a few minutes of max power and be cut back by the computer,
The claim that "competition is coming" is half correct - the competition coming in a tsunami of over 250 new EV vehicles, but a few of them are already here :
Jaguar I Pace, Hyundai Kona EV, Kia Niro, Kia Soul, Chevy Bolt, Nissan Leaf, with several of these vehicles commanding above sticker prices and most sporting a $7500 tax credit versus Tesla's disappearing tax credits. The I Pace
has won just about every award out there and is very highly regarded and outselling the Tesla Model X and Model S by wide margins in European countries. But perhaps the biggest impact on Tesla sales has come from a car that is not yet even in production, the Porsche Taycan, which has sold out its entire 40,000 unit first year's production (greater than the Model S), almost all at the expense of the Tesla Model S, with many buyers former Tesla owners. Now comes word that the earlier quoted acceleration figures for the Taycan (3.5 seconds to 60) are invalid, with the actual numbers "way lower than 3.5". And also, the future I Pace Performance version's accceleration numbers being quoted are below every Tesla ever built, including the upcoming Tesla $250,000 sports car. Tesla is facing an impossible sales position in the U.S, as its tax credit reduces to $1750 July 1, which will have an especially strong effect on sales of the Model 3. The first direct Model 3 EV has not yet appeared, sedans being the less preferred vehicle amongst consumers these days, but the Polestar 2 is coming down the pike and it will have few problems competing against the Model 3, and when Tesla's Model Y finally arrives, it will face at least a dozen direct competitors, those already here receiving very good reviews and sales and most of them will have at least a $7500 sticker price advantage in the U.S. Tesla is by no means the current leader of the pack - that would be the I Pace and the Taycan for premium EVs and the Hyundai Kona EV and Kia NIRO and Soul for low cost SUVs.

The iPace hasn't even made a dent in Tesla's sales, and Tesla still has the fastest charge speeds of any charging stations that exist today. The 350kW stations MIGHT charge miles 10-20% faster when they are available in 2020/2021, and you will pay dearly for them, probably as much if not more than gas.