Porsche Taycan
 

https://driving.ca/porsche/taycan/au...-zoom-past-911

Set to exceed Carrera sales with 30,000 deposits.

Also, “...enough power to drive as far as 100 kilometers (62 miles) in four minutes.” That works out to 1,500 km/h. Ladies and gentlemen, the worlds first mach 1 road car.

I think you forgot to add the rest of that quote...

Anyway, I just hope the gov't or companies install more lvl 3 chargers. Such a pain trying to find one that's not in use when I had the Jaguar I-Pace last week on demo.

not hard to exceed 911 sales when they've been around for 6 decades

if Tesla opened deposits for the unannounced pickup truck i'd expect it'd exceed Model S sales

tons of hype/anticipation for EV

Reads the same. I was, of course, being sarcastic.

Two family friends have had deposits down for a few months now

what are the performance stats?.


not that too many are going to be tracking or dragging racing,its just neat to hear how quick they are.

I know I shouldn't, but I feel so so so unexcited watching anyone test drive an EV... whirrrrrr 100... whirrrrrrr 200... okay it's fast. Cool.

It's just so single faceted and unemotional, like take that most recent BMW hill climb video in the bad ass car videos thread... how ho-hum would that video be to watch if it wasn't for that inline-6 burbling and revving away, seeing/hearing/feeling all those and up and down shifts?

I guess it's time to start accepting how boring the future is going to be...

For me its not necessarily the electric powertrains, but the fact the cars are all like 5 tons and look awful. Same thing with most non electric cars these days though too.

just give me a hatch door, 300 mi range, not shitty Tesla quality and priced 40k CAD and i would not buy another new ICE

i probably wouldn't buy it though if it's from VW either

What I don't get is why these EV testers are acting like the 0-60 is giving them an insane feeling, as of its going fast af, yet it took them over 3 seconds...

I may be one of few, but I think it looks great! One of my coworkers has a deposit on one as well.

It's the instant torque I think. Both my sister and brother test drove EV's and talked about how fast they ecelerated. Sister just ordered a Model 3 and brother is probable getting a Etron.

this thing looks weird. i think the tesla model S actually looks better. But i wouldnt buy either. Corolla hatch EV damnit! BRING IT and take my money.

The instant torque makes it feel faster than it actually is. My car is a high 4 car but it feels much faster because of the punch you get from the torque. It just knocks you back in your seat.

M3P > this
at least you can play fart with your friends lol

Am i the only one here that doesn't have a family friend/co-worker dropping mad money on a porshe this week? Jesus you guys have way too much money.

yousa 1-trick pony

I also failed to befriend any rich people in my life

I don't get this lol

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There’s an app on the Tesla that lets you project farts around the cabin

I understand the torque remark, but they've tested EVs that are faster, just seems like they're misleading/being disingenuous

3s? 2s? the sensation of speed is probably splitting hairs when you're in hypercar territory

and they're claiming repeated launches

For once I have to agree/disagree with you. Yes, I cannot say that modern electric cars look good, but they are new! Remember how every time new bumper laws and crash regulations come in for conventional cars, the vehicles designs look like shit. But by the end of that design cycle they look amazing! Think of the early 90’s to the end of the 90’s.

Same goes for EV’s. You don’t need nearly as much airflow for cooking so you can start designing for low drag coefficients while confirming to the laws. Modern electric vehicles are an extremely young technology versus ICE’s, give it time to get out of the awkward teenage years