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With the proposed specs, Porsche needs to be on top of its battery game.

Line forms to the rear.

Just my opinion, but I think slower speed chargers scattered around malls and restaurants aren't going to cut it in the long run. I think strategically placed fast DC chargers by companies dedicated to the business plus home charging covers most cases. Plus slower chargers at hotels/motels...

Hard to see. But if I put a coffee maker in my garage with a box of doughnuts, I think I've got it mostly covered.

Britain used to have an empire. Now its just a comedy show. Given I am in a middle level country with a big southern neighbor who has gotten weird and we need some friends, I am thinking Norway looks like a candidate, provided it doesn't do the boats with the horned helmets anymore.

First I have heard of this.

Is the Rivian in addition to or in substitute of?

Here is another view on the same. So is the story about car problems or clickbait dollars? Could there about to be an epidemic of EV's being blown up?

I have been trying to come up with a good way to clearly present different range tests between cars given the differences in temperatures between what the tests are done at. For instance comparing a test done when the temperature is 75F will not have ranges directly comparable to the same test...

Diess is a valuable property. If he feels hard done by he could jump ship for big bucks. Unless he has a non compete or tied up by whatever employment/compensation package he has.

This is the guy who brought Volkswagen/Porsche into the electric future. Is this a justified action? https://www.autonews.com/executives/herbert-diess-keeps-ceo-job-vw-increases-ev-spending-catch-tesla Many other articles out there.

I think it may have more to do with the current dealer model. With the movement to all EV's and their low maintenance requirements with the resulting reduced needs for service calls, and the huge overhead of the current dealer model, something has to give.

Porsche did not get it wrong. It got there first so had to design and build a whole bunch of new stuff. Right out of the box, it was at least as competitive and often better than anything that was out there. But time moves on. The comparison is not with old Tesla's. It's with the new stuff...

Article on 800v systems which provides a more detailed description as to the whys and wherefores. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/why-did-porsche-go-to-the-trouble-of-designing-an-800-v-taycan-ev/

The Taycan's battery and power train have only been around for 2 years. It takes years to really get the efficiencies up as Tesla has. I think we need to wait for Gen 2 of the Taycan to see if there are benefits. In the meantime Lucid could be the sign of things to come. 900v architect and...

What does my spouse have to do with this?

What did you say? We are in a Porsche EV forum and its weird people who criticize? Continually amazed that when someone says that it's not all unicorns and lollipops that they feel their car and themselves are under some sort of attack. The Taycan is not going away, its got some great...

And time marches on and the competition improves. So Porsche should just sit on its ass saying I am the best? And the fans "yup you are".

Back to your old pejorative style of responses? You are just as tribal as any fanboy out there who has lost the ability to think for himself. No wonder we end up with crap lying politicians, because the tribe doesn't question them. Efficiency shows in the Taycan versus the new crop of cars...

You need to stand back to see the big picture. Tesla has been making 400v batteries for many years and has a highly developed power train that is very efficient with those batteries. Porsche introduced 800v batteries only a couple of years ago which required them to design and build a whole...