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As an owner of both a Taycan and a long range Y, I offer my two cents: Agreed. I wish all cars had 'phone as key'. Agreed. While I don't often charge at a public EA charger, the weight of the CCS cable is not for the faint of heart. The Tesla cable is lighter and easier to maneuver. Disagree...

I'm on my third EV, and I'll never go back to ICE. First, I love charging at home. Maybe once a month I need to charge at a public charging station and so far the charging stations have worked fine (both with Telsa and EA stations, though I acknowledge that the EA charging network has been...

And California (the largest automobile market in the US) is going to do the same. The whole thing reminds me of the introduction of the car in the early 1900's, which replaced the horse and buggy. I read Alfred Sloan's book "My Years at General Motors" where he said that early on, most people...

I'm with you.

The only two 7 seat EVs today are the Tesla model X and the Rivian R1S. The Tesla is stupid overpriced at $132,000 for their basic model (non-Plaid). The Rivian might be an option but if Porsche had a $150,000 7 passenger EV SUV based on the Taycan footprint (so it will fit in my garage, which...

Since we're having fun speculating, I can see a taller Taycan Cross Turismo, in an SUV format. The Taycan is a big car with a lot of wasted room. In an SUV configuration it would be easier to get in and out of plus the SUV format is super popular in the US. This would be like the Tesla model 3...

My issue with the phantom drain is that I was losing 7% charge per day! That's alot of phantom drain. I'd be ok if it were maybe 1% per day. But 7% seems excessive. I turned off sentry mode and I still lose about 3% per day when I have the Tesla app open.

Isn't that a good thing? :)

The model 3 is very light so it accelerates quickly, like a go-kart. My model Y (extended range with bigger battery) is heavier and feels much slower than the model 3. The Taycan has much more weight then both the model 3 and Y. The fact that its slightly behind the model 3 shows the power of...

I agree. Tesla cheaped out by putting driver displays in their model S and X and leaving it off the Y and 3. Dangerous!!! I have a model Y in addition to my Taycan and to fix this serious safety problem in the model Y, I bought a driver display console so I could see critical information like...

I had no problem going from the Tesla Y to the Taycan in regard to one pedal driving. As far as I'm concerned, the Tesla "one pedal driving" is not really one pedal: when you need to brake you use the brake pedal. Of course, if you drive carefully the number times in a day where you might need...

For $20.-, I think I'll stick with the Echo Auto. One other thing which is nice is that my music subscription services works on all the Alexa devices I have in the house.

I've been using Amazon Echo Auto for about 1-1/2 yrs now, and it works fine and have few complaints. Once in awhile it says "Your Alexa Auto has lost connection to your phone" and I need to turn Bluetooth off and then on again and it starts working. This happens a couple of times a year. When it...

I was using Amazon Music. But thanks for the tip " No, the iPhone has an "always on" listening mode for Siri as well. It's completely hands free, and the phone can be locked with the screen off. ". I'll give this a try. I've nver had much luck with Siri.

Like push a button on your phone and say "Siri, play Kurt Vile on Amazon Music"? I just tried and Siri says "I don't see an app for that". Oh, well.

I have both a Tesla Y and a Taycan. While the Taycan's entertainment system is not perfect, it does have CarPlay which my model Y doesn't. I added an Amazon Echo Auto to the model Y so I could listen to Pandora and Amazon Music, both of which I subscribe to. Without the Echo Auto, I personally...

Wow! What do you all like most about the front grill? My first EV was a BMW i3. While not the most attractive car (I liked it but others didn't), it was a great daily driver. BMW should have been a leader in the EV space but they blew it by not doing anything for 5+ years.

Ha!

Why do you need a grill on an electric car? You don't have an engine to cool. EVs should look like EVs, not try to look like ICE machines. Tesla gets it, Porsche gets it with the Taycan. But there are so many others that think EVs should look like an retro smog generator. Even the Audi e-tron...

I never setup sentry mode, but I’ll check. Good suggestion. I was losing 10% per day in the garage until I started closing the Tesla app. Now it’s down to around 8%.