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Re:Tesla Model Y by clouddrover on Friday March 15, 2019 @12:27PM (#19401176)
You really should read and view the links. Both the Porsche Taycan and the Audi e-tron GT are in the Model S's category, and they're both much nicer cars.

The Porsche Taycan will charge faster than any Tesla and won't suffer the Model S's overheating issues:

http://www.thedrive.com/news/5207/this-video-reminds-us-that...

Re:Tesla Model Y by labcomputer on Friday March 15, 2019 @01:06PM (#19401699)
I think you mean: you speculate that the GT and Taycan will be in same category as the Model S and will be nicer than the roadster. Since literally nobody outside of VAG has sat in one.

You may also want to walk back the claims about overheating. In one of the press videos, a Porsche engineer explicitly says that the number of hard accelerations over a short time will be limited to 10, or so.

Re:Tesla Model Y by clouddrover on Friday March 15, 2019 @01:13PM (#19401816)
> Since literally nobody outside of VAG has sat in one.

Here's a person sitting in one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvNw15W_EK8

Here's another person sitting in one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMEdiq2xTbQ

And yet another person sitting in one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2i8uS_q6kE

And another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZFcjJ-PCbs

Is that literal enough?

Re:Tesla Model Y by xedeon on Friday March 15, 2019 @10:48PM (#19406107)
Take a look at this:

https://www.wired.com/2009/12/audis-electric-e-tron-is-real-...

That article is from 2009, a full decade ago. It's a prime example why people are very weary when it comes to VAG announcing concept EVs. It's not a contender until I can actually purchase one.

Any car manufacturer can create a concept EV with relative ease. That's the easy part. Taking it to production (especially at scale) is the hardest part.

Re:Tesla Model Y by clouddrover on Friday March 15, 2019 @11:05PM (#19406150)
That was then, this is now. The investments have been made and the direction has been set.

There's no point trying to concoct a narrative that this is all somehow vaporware. You can pre-order your VW ID Neo in 7 weeks:

https://electrek.co/2019/03/13/vw-id-electric-hatchback-pre-...

Re:Tesla Model Y by collinmanderson on Saturday March 16, 2019 @12:43PM (#19408701)
Amazing. They had a police motorcade surrounding them.
Re:Tesla Model Y by rcMgD2BwE72F on Friday March 15, 2019 @12:40PM (#19401372)
>The Porsche Taycan will charge faster than any Tesla

Where?

Re:Tesla Model Y by clouddrover on Friday March 15, 2019 @12:42PM (#19401395)
At every 350 kW charger:

https://insideevs.com/first-ionity-350-kw-chargers-denmark/

When will Tesla introduce 350 kW charging?