Porsche R&D boss on why Tesla is not a direct rival

[DeciusCaeciliusMetellus]

https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/porsche-rd-boss-why-tesla-not-direct-rival

 

[ron_b]

Nice discussion of Batteries and issues with Hydrogen.
Thanks for posting @DeciusCaeciliusMetellus
I just saw the related article from Electrek on my feed.
https://electrek.co/2020/04/15/pors...la-batteries-macan-ev-and-why-hydrogen-fails/
Though I prefer the original on Automotive News.

 

[ron_b]

And another take from Motor1
https://www.motor1.com/news/409901/porsche-doesnt-consider-tesla-rival/

You can clearly see the bias in this article from this paragraph that lists the 3 levels of Taycan pricing but only the rock bottom config for Teslas.

And it's pretty clear, simply by looking at Taycan prices, that Porsche has little interest in following Tesla's mass-market approach (at least for now). The base Taycan starts at $103,800 in the U.S., and the Turbo and Turbo S models cost $150,900 and $180,000, respectively. Tesla asks a reasonable $39,990 for the Model 3, meanwhile, and even the Taycan’s closest competitors, the Model S, costs $79,990.

Do much of the EV community is drenched in the kool-aid. So sad.