Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3
by FullyFunctional on Thursday October 03, 2019 @12:49AM
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And yet none of these many examples are really compelling compared to a Tesla (wrt. range and performance). Quality > Quantity.
I'm actually glad they are trying, but they need to try harder.
Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3
by clouddrover on Thursday October 03, 2019 @01:00AM
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The Tesla Model 3 has 409km range WLTP for the Standard Range Plus model and 560km for the Long Range model. The ID.3 will have three battery sizes for 330km, 420km, and 550km WLTP at lower price points. The range argument isn't really there.
Taycan's Nürburgring performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m31EgQkswg
Tesla Model S Plaid's Nürburgring performance: https://www.thedrive.com/news/29946/porsche-taycan-laps-brok...
It's disappointing they're not even trying with the current Model S. The Plaid drive train is still a year away. Porsche is a year ahead on performance at this point.
Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3
by rasz on Thursday October 03, 2019 @01:36AM
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Car you cant buy yet is a year ahead on performance over another car you cant buy?
Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3
by clouddrover on Thursday October 03, 2019 @01:45AM
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You can buy the Taycan now. They started production a month ago:
https://www.thedrive.com/news/29865/watch-the-2020-porsche-t...
But you're going to be in a queue behind the 20,000 or so preorders.
Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3
by bryanlarsen on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @10:57PM
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This is the same company that had to scale back production because they couldn't make 50,000 etrons in 2019. So I'll believe it when I see it.
Volkswagen will be delivering a lot of EVs in 2020. They're targeting everything from the low end (SEAT Mii) to the high end (Porsche Taycan).
Here's Volkswagen's EV lineup for the next 18 months:
- VW e-Up!: https://www.carscoops.com/2019/09/vws-updated-e-up-offers-16...
- VW e-Golf (will be replaced by the ID.3, but still available): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah4lrqWx8E0
- VW ID.3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op4HO6GHC8Q
- VW ID.4: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-frankfurt-mot...
- SEAT Mii: https://www.electrive.com/2019/09/11/seat-mii-available-to-o...
- SEAT el-Born: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZI7WFtwc8g
- Cupra Tavascan (maybe, not confirmed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNYHRKp4n1w
- Skoda Citigo iV: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-frankfurt-mot...
- Skoda Vision iV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f1g9xl6W_E
- Audi e-tron (and also a new "sportsback" variant): https://www.audiusa.com/models/audi-e-tron
- Audi e-tron Q4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiwevzHsCbU
- Audi e-tron GT (maybe 2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMEdiq2xTbQ
- Porsche Taycan (and the Cross Turismo variant in future): https://www.porsche.com/uk/models/taycan/taycan-models/
And they'll have more models out in 2021, more in 2022, etc. Volkswagen means to be the biggest EV maker in a few years. They have both the investment and the scale to achieve it.