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How's this for an analogy? Plaid to the Taycan is a little bit like the GT-R to a 911. The GT-R's performance numbers are off the charts. Its styling hasn't changed in 15 years (and not in the good way like a 911), its interior is very mediocre, it's a brute to drive off the track, it's a...

Does anybody know whether the hardware is being changed or if it's just a software enhancement? In other words, is the PCM in a 2021 Taycan the same as the PCM in the 2022 (or later)?

I can’t make it any clearer. If you want to charge faster at home, you need the 19.2 kW option. And the right electrical hookup and a more robust EVSE. Good luck.

I think the message here is that if you live in the US (with the exception of Montana, Wyoming, etc), 80%+ of your charging on the road will be done at EA stations. And even those states are being built out now. So you're talking about a very rare instance that this could come into play. That's...

Not at all. Amongst all the other reasons that are always cited, I just can’t imagine dropping >$130k and not feeling like you’re sitting in a luxury car.

I’m keeping a close eye on it. That bill has a long way to go before it gets finalized so it’s difficult to guess where it ends up. For instance, giving an extra $2,500 tax credit for cars built by union workers seems absurd on its face. Though I DO think that capping the purchase price for...

The takeaway here is that there's a difference between the functionality of the 400V/150 kW option and the relevance of it. This option will ONLY increase your charging speed if you run into a 400V charging station that outputs more than 50 kW. Not sure anybody has seen any of these in the US...

Any price changes?

In the US, there is the Tesla Supercharger network, EA and then kinda everybody else. I think Tesla uses 400V systems with up to 250 kWh but you can’t use them. EA only uses 800V systems, regardless of kWh output so the Taycan is natively equipped for those. The general consensus is that any...

Seems to be a fair amount of MY20 Turbos on the lots still. There’s one near me that is spec’d darn near the way I’d spec it. MSRP is $175k. With the MY22 config right around the corner, what’s everyone’s sense of what a fair discount would be?

I was under the impression that nearly all of EA's chargers were 800v regardless of whether they output 150 or 350 kWh. Is that not right? Btw, I think that @daveo4EV and @ron_b have hunted for 400V + >50 kWh chargers in the wild (non-EA). Not sure they've skinned one yet but it seems like it's...

Dave, what’s your sense on the resale difference? I know we don’t have a lot of data on Taycan resale differences yet.

Yes, thanks. I was just being lazy, to be honest. I wanted to see if anybody had gone through and done the math, option by option. Of the $47k difference, I wanted to see how much were things I was going to option on a 4S anyway. I went ahead and made a spreadsheet from the...

Is there a complete list of standard equipment on the Turbo that are options on the 4S (i.e. performance battery +, leather)? I’m trying to gauge the “real” cost of moving from 4S to Turbo. Thanks!

I don't know either. This is beyond my level of technical knowledge but I think the CarPlay protocol tells both clients to use their WiFi radios to exchange information. For instance, in other wireless CarPlay systems I've had, I can be in my driveway and my iPhone can be connected to my house's...

This may be a redundant piece of info but I believe the way that wireless CarPlay works is that it uses Bluetooth to establish the connection between iPhone and car and then once that connection is established, all communication between car and iPhone happens over WiFi. So I think you need WiFi...

Ah interesting. Do you have any insight into the magnitude of price changes? Either on the base price or options?

How are you able to order a MY2022 right now? Maybe this is semantics but does that mean you've put down a deposit for your dealer's 2022 allocation? I plan to order a 2022 but my dealer is telling me that's not until Oct or Nov probably (in the US)

What happens when you try to the Porsche charger?

Has anybody tried this solution? Looks like a great alternative: https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/3d-printed-removable-front-plate-mount-for-taycan-print-files-attached.2425/