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This car seems to be absurdly over-the-top in many (many) aspects, but as a kind of demonstration model of sorts, it's a scary illustration of what the Chinese automotive industry can already achieve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maextro_S800...

After many years of eager anticipation -- or is that frustrating delay? -- the Polestar 5, a potential Taycan competitor, has finally been fully revealed, with the reviews released on Monday this week. Here are the major U.S. text sources...

Pico ski resort in Vermont yesterday. (Closed for the season, but still great skiing via skinning.) Tesla Universal Wall Chargers, payment via the app. Instructions to park diagonally, but … in which direction? And why? I was the only car charging, but I wonder how it works during the...

https://www.copart.com/lot/74401605/2025-porsche-taycan-turbo-gt-il-chicago-north

For the podium, and adding my own Olympic theme: GOLD medal to Subaru with 82 points. SILVER medal to BMW with 82 points. BRONZE medal to Porsche with 79 points. Scoring criteria are ... unclear.

The driver in this video is *NOT* touching the accelerator pedal (or doing anything else, other than hitting the brake pedal upon worrying that a tire will literally explode): https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18B1UucNvD/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Tom posted at this forum when he took delivery, but I couldn't find that thread, so I'm starting a new thread here for his follow-up video assessment. Overall, and as always, I appreciate his earnest and straightforward manner (so unlike many social media influencer types). His criticism of...

The title is an old economics joke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assume_a_can_opener .... which like all economics jokes, is not intended for humorous purposes, but rather to illustrative a point via an imaginary and unusual context. Glad to see though that the NYT is keeping it going, in...

I saw a brief reference to Brabus in a news article about something else. Curious, I looked up the company, and saw these Taycan mods that are certainly ... distinctive: https://www.brabus.com/en-int/cars/supercars/brabus-for-porsche-taycan.html

Could a municipality be contemplating 19.2kW public chargers? And that would still work out to 75 miles of charge per hour only for Lucid. https://thereminder.com/local-news/hampshire-county/northampton/northampton-selected-to-be-part-of-statewide-ev-charging-initiative/ “Most people who drive...

Okay, not so much fun if you're looking to sell! Or if you're concerned about your Taycan's potential resale value. But lots of fun looking at some of these crazy good deals. Up first, a relatively humble 4CT, but only 18k miles, and for the % of MSRP, at least it's still a little over 50%...

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/hybrids-evs/2025-volvo-ex90-review-a6086142991/ First Drive: The Volvo EX90 Is an Unfinished Electric SUV Buggy software. Inactive features. Lit-up warning lights. These problems aren’t acceptable on a new car, especially a luxury EV that starts at $80,000...

This has to be the most messed-up exit for DCFC options, especially relative to the potential demand, accessible amenities, and available infracture. Details to be posted while taking study breaks from work … And yes, this was prompted by a recent development, or rather, lack of development...

Starts on June 6 at treeline on Mt Washington NH. Ends on … hmm, the odyssey is not quite complete, although the tire has been replaced. Will start posting it tomorrow if my wife does some of the driving as we return from this long complicated roadtrip. Or the day after during my train ride...

You know something is wrong with a service when a 16% failure rate is an improvement: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/business/electric-vehicle-charging-tesla.html?rsrc=flt&unlocked_article_code=1.OU8.9kP7.OVIPGgmBLvAQ&smid=url-share There is early evidence that efforts to improve electric...

This is probably just more of the Flood The Zone strategy, and the only eventual substantive outcome will be to slow down NEVI … as if it weren’t slow enough already, with only 55 (or lower, by some counts) stations built so far after Congressional authorization for the program back in 2021...

The technical details of this are beyond me: https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a63410460/ride-quality-test/ ... but here's the bottomline: "The latest Porsche Taycan and Panamera E-Hybrid have an optional active suspension, one of only two such systems on the market today, so we were eager...

According to: https://www.ford.com/support/how-tos/electric-vehicles/public-charging/using-the-dealer-dc-fast-charge-station/ Paying with Shell All electric vehicle (EV) drivers can use a Shell account to activate and pay with Ford Charge. To pay for your charge: Open the Shell App on your...