For any one of the 30,000 people that didn’t refund their deposit today, what tow vehicle are you using to take the Taycan to the track? Also, what is the second track car that you’re taking with you when the Taycan runs of batteries in 20 laps and needs to be towed home?
A two speed transmission could be a game changer for an electric car, or it could be a warranty and reliability nightmare that takes your million mile car with a 500,000 mile battery and puts it in the shop every 50,000 miles, like a classic VW Group DSG.
First, we need to map out the gear...
It seems that the demo Taycan Turbo the journalists were driving has the 396mm+ carbon ceramic brakes. While fantastic for a racetrack, on the street an EV never even heats the brakes. Regeneration provides -0.2G of throttle lift stopping in regular mode, and -0.3G in sport mode.
Does the forum...
We all know Tesla is the leanest manufacturing program in the world, updating the line hundreds of times a day — with no concept of “model years” corresponding to product design/features. Porsche, like everyone, is going to have a very difficult time scaling the Taycan to 500 cars produced a...