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Even though I am a heavy Apple user (Mac, iPad, iPhone), I'm not sure that I want their software to handle the car's displays. Apple aesthetics are not car aesthetics: their tendency is to simplify too much. Porsche software is not exemplary, and their abilities to update, adapt and allow more...

Be careful to distinguish between "one pedal driving" and regenerative braking. A Taycan always regenerates as much as it can when the brake pedal is applied (except for the first 500 kms or so, and for the first few kms each day to keep the brakes clean). Other threads here cover this in full...

I have only used hybrids as loaners, and it's a few years back. Was very far from happy with them, their stop-start algorithm for the engine was silly. (That may be better now.) Also on a more philosophical note, I think (like WasserGKuehlt) that hybrid is more "worst of both worlds" than best...

I agree the Taycan controls are quite well done. A slight use disadvantage with haptic screen instead of buttons, but the flexibility of what can be shown and entered there is important I think. And having had a button failure in an Audi, with temperature stuck at 16 degrees C, not having...

The RS e-tron GT is a nice car, I have owned one - and reviewed it in threads in the Taycan versus ... section. Maybe the Audi is more comfortable in some sorts of driving. But the Taycan is a definitely better driver's car.

I got the chance to take a trip with my “old” car, the Audi RS e-tron GT, last week. It took me to Trondheim and back, about 2100 km (1300 miles). Not at all a bad experience, but it is good to come back to the Taycan. (I have written about this before, some of it is not new points, so skip...

We probably don't agree on every choice. But Taycan is there - the only Porsche

I think this thread has a very interesting discussion on software and UX design - among the reasons is that I have worked in this area myself too. And I have owned and used a Tesla Model S for six years. Wholeheartedly agree that UX thinking must be rather lacking at Porsche when they do...

I think the principle of a blended brake system is great and just the right thing on an EV. For all serious braking in my car, it also works excellently, and kudos to Porsche for that. But when it comes to that final little maneuvering, I also find that the pedal feel is not always fully to my...

I appreciate your stories about long-distance driving and differing perspectives/considerations. Maybe a European perspective is useful too? We have long distances in Norway (although not quite on the US scale). I have driven to Trondheim quite a few times, about 900 km (560 miles) the shortest...

Which reminds me of the car that was supposed to blend italian design and japanese engineering, but did the opposite: https://www.theautopian.com/we-need-to-talk-about-the-alfa-romeo-arna-the-car-that-foolishly-blended-japanese-styling-and-italian-engineering/

I'm quite fond of the true e-sounds in my Taycan. They tell me what is happening. I don't want artificial noise to drown them out!

We always use regenerative braking, whichever way we drive or set the modes/behaviour. The difference lies in whether the car makes use of it or we do it ourselves with the brake pedal. For efficiency, what is important is to avoid any sort of braking/retardation as much as possible (except...

I have done quite a lot of looking into research papers on environmental effects in connection with studies/work. Results for lifecycle "costs" vary rather much, depending on scope and on what type of electricity generation is calculated with (from coal to renewables). It may also seem like...

To the question «worth the extra money?». Operational and maintenance costs for the Taycan should be much lower. Depreciation is hard to predict, but maybe not worse, so it is mostly a matter of the interest costs on the extra 25K, not the 25K themselves. I also agree that the Taycan is more...