Porsche Taycan
Discussion
ExecutiveAction said:
I'm just curious. i am a very long way from seriously thinking of buying an electric car.
I was just taking the piss, by all accounts the Porsche Taycan is an amazing car and painfully fast. In many ways the best EV on the market today.Yet your post sounded like you're ashamed to "admit" it, which sounded off.
On the Porsche site, your comment would not have been ironic, and I have to admit, I am uncertain that BEV are the way forward. I love my ICE Porsche, and hope that the new synthetic fuel is successful.
my concerns are the usual ones - real world trip length, convenience of charging, dynamic effect of batteries. If Scalextric had required batteries, it would never have got anywhere. I have a nagging suspicion that something much zippier will come along, and make the current range of options obsolete.
However so many people have told me how pleased they are with their Taycan, that I would like a drive, and Porsche do owe me a day at Silverstone, so I might ask if I can try a Taycan. That way I can see what happens when it goes down the skid pan.
my concerns are the usual ones - real world trip length, convenience of charging, dynamic effect of batteries. If Scalextric had required batteries, it would never have got anywhere. I have a nagging suspicion that something much zippier will come along, and make the current range of options obsolete.
However so many people have told me how pleased they are with their Taycan, that I would like a drive, and Porsche do owe me a day at Silverstone, so I might ask if I can try a Taycan. That way I can see what happens when it goes down the skid pan.
ExecutiveAction said:
On the Porsche site, your comment would not have been ironic, and I have to admit, I am uncertain that BEV are the way forward. I love my ICE Porsche, and hope that the new synthetic fuel is successful.
my concerns are the usual ones - real world trip length, convenience of charging, dynamic effect of batteries. If Scalextric had required batteries, it would never have got anywhere. I have a nagging suspicion that something much zippier will come along, and make the current range of options obsolete.
However so many people have told me how pleased they are with their Taycan, that I would like a drive, and Porsche do owe me a day at Silverstone, so I might ask if I can try a Taycan. That way I can see what happens when it goes down the skid pan.
It will impress you. As serial 911 owner (from 2.2s to GT3) and occasional racer I was shocked at just how good it was. And I was driving the baby of the range, on coil springs. Incredible car. God only knows what a top spec Turbo is like.my concerns are the usual ones - real world trip length, convenience of charging, dynamic effect of batteries. If Scalextric had required batteries, it would never have got anywhere. I have a nagging suspicion that something much zippier will come along, and make the current range of options obsolete.
However so many people have told me how pleased they are with their Taycan, that I would like a drive, and Porsche do owe me a day at Silverstone, so I might ask if I can try a Taycan. That way I can see what happens when it goes down the skid pan.
Just read through this thread with interest. I'm in the market for an estate and had settled on the Panamera Hybrid (currently drive an i3 so need the electric silence in towns and traffic jams), but am now very seriously thinking about a Taycan CT. My only reservation is the charging network, the i3 Rex has got me out of potential trouble a number of times.
Kevin Cozner said:
Just read through this thread with interest. I'm in the market for an estate and had settled on the Panamera Hybrid (currently drive an i3 so need the electric silence in towns and traffic jams), but am now very seriously thinking about a Taycan CT. My only reservation is the charging network, the i3 Rex has got me out of potential trouble a number of times.
Range is a lot better on the Taycan obviously, and with 800v charging and an excellent curve it's one of the fastest charging EV's around. Assuming you can access the right kind of charger of course..Gassing Station | EV and Alternative Fuels | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff