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Laudable initiative, and good ideas. A bit light on tech aspects, but I guess that’s expected from that type of presentation. I wish them success and good luck as they’ll go through the painful lessons of discovering just how much of that de-decentralization is enough to retain the level of...

The air-air (or plasma-air) battery, to be specific, otherwise known as "lightning in a bottle". But it turns out that's a mere 8kWh/bottle, so 99 bottles of lightning would be a fairly useful ~800kWh wall. I'll see myself out.

I don’t think the problem plaguing EV infrastructure today is the absence of electricity. To begin with, a 350kW charger with 2 ports is anywhere between 250k and 400k$. A typical charging session nets $30. Let’s make it simple and say it’s $1M to set up a 4-charger station and you can extract...

Sifting through 3 walls of text, you indicated that a 660kWh battery weighing in at 120lbs/54kg would be ideal. I stood up, applauded, put my name and deposit on the list, and then sat back down to do the (trivial) math. 660kWh/55kg = 12kWh/kg ideal gravimetric energy density Present day upper...

Sustainable and reliable. The energy density of CH-based fuels means the ICE will continue to exist for decades (at least). It may be desperate and futile on Porsche's part (to justify the continued existence of the 911), but battery technology has a _very_ long way to go. (Probably 10-20 years...

It probably is; the point isn’t how widespread this defect is, but rather how something so essential escaped QC, pre-delivery inspection and so on. A secondary point is false analogies by thin-skinned forum members. ??‍♂️

Ah, please excuse my poor reading comprehension, it was indeed “to Park from Drive”. That’s hardly comparable with the steering wheel coming off?

You use Park in the middle of a 3-point turn? How? Anecdotal evidence aside, steering and stopping are the two system that should never fail; any other failure can arguably be mitigated with the former.

In general, I think the "make up my mind for me" type of posts never go down well; some will consider it to be trolling, some will take it seriously and convince you why _their_ take is the right one, but no one will really have the full insight into your complete circumstances: why, how...

Yes. Do it! (What did you expect?)

Interesting article, thanks for sharing. It seems to attribute the direction of the group to the CEO, casting some aspersions on the recently departed Diess. At the same time, there's a bit of praise for BMW (which is where Diess came from). It's not the first time a BMW guy came in to take VW...

Everything I read seems to indicate those 8-10% is all of the degradation, as batteries settle into a plateau for the rest of their expected lifetime. Not to be a contrarian, but I would gladly trade gains in weight (erm, that'd be losses, rather) over improvements in any other aspect of...

Indeed, that didn't come across as clearly. For sure the Mission E made a very dramatic impact design-wise when it was unveiled, exactly as intended. Someone (who might be lurking here) even said he was disappointed with the production model being a bit tamer in its curves and coupe-like shape...

That makes sense, so you're probably the bullseye for the EV Cayman. But it's a different thing to say that the Taycan would have been "better" as a 2dr.

Everyone's decision algorithm is different (and their own), but - with apologies for dissecting it - yours seems to be based purely on appearance? (Or at least the deciding factor, which still means that functionality, technology etc. did not matter.) Perhaps this is why I'm puzzled by this...

The GTS badge is a relatively recent invention, which means "firmly in the middle of the range". It's a "looks", GT-line package. Both the 'turbo' and the proper 'GT' models have always been (far) more capable - including on track.

What are you guys talking about? A 2-door Taycan would have made as much sense as a glass nail. That would have been a MB SL or Bentley Conti competitor, and that class sells maybe double digits per year (slightly exaggerating). Not to mention that Porsche was no doubt already planning a 2-door...

We're not contesting that :-); what separates (today) the 911 from the midengined models is really the handling characteristics and the mystique; it's most certainly not the existence of the rear seats, or the absence of a second trunk. Neither will be retained if the 911 EV will be just a...

I really don't see the case for a 911 EV. Upon its inception, it made a lot of sense as an ICE because of the clever, space-efficient packaging, and despite its weird handling traits. Its continued success owes, in a large part, to nostalgia: Porsche kept the formula - including the heavy rear...

I'm definitely past the age of assuming I can change someone's mind if it's not readily apparent they are open to it. So I'd just encourage would-be polemicists to read U.S. energy facts explained - consumption and production - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and make up their own...