Recent content by daveo4EV

350 miles range @ 70 mph = 5 hours of seat time Cayenne EV 400 kW charging - 15 min to 80% - 95% therefore is easy in 25 min or less so start your day at 100% - drive 350 miles - leave at 8 am - first charging stop is 1 pm - 1 - 1:25 bathroom & meal break - 1:25 pm departure - drive another...

Porsche's brakes are definitively better than Tesla brakes -no question - my Model S could barely do single laps before having brake fade issues The Taycan's brakes are world class and ICE quality - I have no doubt they can handle repeated lapping - the point is Porsche quality brakes are...

for the 8 or fewer laps the taycan Turbo was able to do it's impressive for a 4 door sedan at 5,100 lbs - chasing down 911 GT3's uphill between turns 5 and entrance to the cork screw (turn 8A/8B) was a hoot - several 911 GT3 drivers came to inspect my vehicle and me as a driver after session -...

my 2020 Taycan was "good" for less than 15 min of full pace driving @ Laguna Seca (not enough stamina to participate in a normal HPDE 25-30 min track session) - after that you reach 132F battery temp and then max power on the throttle is limited to lower max discharge rate… the Taycan has about...

updated to include threads about the lack of compatibility with Kona vehicle's…yet another victory for Porsche EVSE's (not).

it's the price stupid! https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/porsche-planning-more-cuts-to-offset-weak-sales-u-s-tariffs-report.28473/

I agree with this review - and personally said so over 2 years ago - https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/spent-some-time-w-lucid-air-this-morning…-impressions.13875/ I am not an Air customer - but will be evaluating the Gravity - if they haven't improved vs the Air, i will be back to...

I agree all these numbers tell an interesting tale - half full or half empty is plausible depending on attitude and desired outcome (your personal bias - not "you" @Der-Schwabe - but someone's personal bias could spin the tale as positive, neutral, or negative) Increasingly I see an EV drive...

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2025/company/porsche-deliveries-first-half-2025-39972.html Porsche is operating in a very very challenging environment based on their own press release ooofff those Germany, Europe, China numbers…

https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/nhtsa-complaint-electric-shock-injury-from-pmc-june-30-2025.28078/ more quality outcomes from Porsche EVSE

one of the most powerful questions I learned later in my career (as a computer software engineer/manage/architect) "What are you optmizing for?" many times decisions are driven by unspoken optimization goals…forcing people to articulate what they optimizing for sometimes helps everyone realize...

this remains my point - it's close enough as to not matter - but it's gone well beyond not as good as Porsche…and for a 4000-6000 lbs street car that is doing daily driving duty…well I sort my potential cars into two categories: crap not-crap most cars that most people buy are "crap" in...

as to if vendor "A" is +1 vs. Porsche or Porsche is +1 vs. any other vendor - that is a constantly moving target…and on any given day one car may or may not equal the other and by next year another advance will give one of the vendor's an advantage until the others catch up… but realistically...

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a45504278/2024-lucid-air-sapphire-drive/ https://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/lucid/air-sapphire/first-drive Here’s the exact quote you’re looking for from Top Gear: That sums it up perfectly—Top Gear didn’t just rave—it awarded the Air Sapphire the title of...