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The VW.OS approach from CARIAD is trying to adopt the "Tesla" approach. Buy hardware from suppliers but write all your own software and integrations to run on a limited ECUs. It would be amazing if they pulled it off – its the best approach – but it seems that it is lost in a quagmire of its...

Porsche's solution: Undermine the Taycan PCM by rolling it out to Cayenne, 911 and Panamera but not to Macan EV. Undermine the new Macan EV by not rolling it out to the facelift MY25 Taycan. Undermine all the PCMs by publicly saying you are looking into Google Automotive OS for future PCMs...

Even in Turbonite?

Petrol Macan is toast in EU – EV only.

Norwegian 911 Dakar at our hotel in Andermatt, Switzerland with nearly €40,000 worth of stickers on it!

Did you ever use any to time something in F1 ?

I went through 4 of them in my previous Taycan 4S – but the issue was solved by a software update during 2022. You shouldn't have any problems these days. Some of my experiences at the time. I'm sure I documented a few more...

The interesting colours all seem two-tone – but they do have Blackberry (like ours) and an interesting green interiors.

Folding mirrors as standard. Is that not a first on a Porsche? This is progress. I'm rocking a (my first) rear wiper on a loaner Porsche. That thing is the noisiest wiper I've ever experienced. It sounds like an ice scraper. Must be something wrong with it.

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/2024/products/porsche_takes_the_all-electric_2024_Macan_to_a_new_level.html

I thought it interesting that the Macan EV's headline charging rate is 270 kW. I thought Porsche marketing might have gone for a higher >300 kW. The splitting of the 800V battery into two 400V ones is smart (and something that was signalled for a long time) but it limits charging to 135 kW –...

The Macan PCM is based on Android Automotive OS – so is very, very different to the software architecture on our current Taycan's. However, the PCM hardware – I would imagine – is a standard enough ARM-based computer. I would be certainly surprised if it couldn't run the new OS. However, it...

The best thing about Lucid is their CEO.. https://lucidmotors.com/tech-talks

Everyone knows that someone with a Range Rover has the money to keep repairing it!

What have you been googling ? :oops:

Roomba.

My Panamera Tubro S E-hybrid always started in e-power mode (even when it was near 0% battery) for moving off.

Pretty much as expected when you look at the MY24 Cayenne. When I moved from the Panamera to the Taycan – I felt the all digital drivers instrument cluster suited the car. But I feel the I would miss the physical tachometer with proper moving rev needle in a car with an ICE engine. I understand...

My lower right button is: "auto-park". Only the brave press it.