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As a general rule, I replace the word "blockchain" with the word "database" in my mind and then re-read the hype to see if it is still "impressive".

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2023/innovation/porsche-engineering-focus-on-the-essentials-33203.html Porsche discovers continuous integration (CI) and you'd swear they'd landed on Jupiter the way they are banging on about it! It's interesting though that this article explicitly focuses on...

Do we have any sense of how much of the "chassis" control systems (RWS, PDCC, 4D Chassis control, braking, steering, etc) is in-house Porsche? That software always feels flawless to me and I assume whatever is being used – has a long heritage and has been battle-hardened for generations. Is the...

Tesla doing this from the start – being one of their true innovations – and an early moat that competitors are only starting their efforts to bridge. When the history books are written – Tesla's software architecture will probably have given them a near 20 year lead in this area. vw.OS being...

Ah, but do you call it a Wunderbox in a German accent ?

When you think in km/h – initially, these mph numbers always look low enough.

Is that damage not on the wrong side ?

From range anxiety to altitude anxiety.

How do you reach for The Reacher?

I enjoyed the "Tech Talks" series they did a while ago and liked that their CEO comes from the engineering side of the business and can talk in some detail about their product innovations. The car's themselves look like hideous land yachts to me.

Includes picture of European Tesla with CCS socket – thereby confusing the entire thing! Duh!

My wife took it on a 700 km round-trip last week to a wedding and was really impressed by it even out on the motorway. The energy consumption was predictable even at 120 km/h speeds for hours. And the built in navigation and charging stop planning was good – it's powered by TomTom. I had to...

The 500 has three selectable modes: Normal, Range and Sherpa. Normal: Light forced regen when you lift off the accelerator. I'd say 5% of possible regen. Range: Much higher levels of regen. I'd describe this as one-pedal driving as it will regen down to a stop. Sherpa: This is user selectable...

The Taycan suspension evolved from the Panamera – not the chassis.

Is it a new dedicated EV platform? Or is it being shared with petrol and hybrid options?

That was the variant we wanted too – but it just isn't available in Ireland. Yes,, this is definitely true and if the car was used for any length of road trips – it might even be a deal breaker. But our use of the car is more for 30 minute run arounds shopping/chores/collecting things – and...

Well the 500e arrived two days ago. The Taycan appreciates how easy it is to park beside it! Right now, its a much rarer car in Ireland than the Taycan with 47 car's registered in the country so far. I suspect it will remain a fairly rare car here – its too expensive and too small to be...

Had a 40 minute test drive today and we placed an order. It has a nice little trip summary screen on shutdown – when you're finished driving. Initial thoughts: Infotainment system is quiet impressive. In some ways its more intuitive then the PCM. The built-in navigation looks good. The...

My wife is close to pushing the button on a new Fiat 500e (model: La Prima BY BOCELLI – aka. all the things) as a city run-around. Range/battery size not a major concern – other then at 42 kWh (37.5 kWh usable) it's a little small from a degradation perspective. She'll be moving from a Peugeot...

It's possible they have multiple suppliers – but for sure I can confirm that the batteries I saw getting fitted to Taycan's during a factory tour were very clearly from LG Energy Solutions (I saw the labels attached to the batteries). They confirm they supply the Taycan's batteries here...