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Re:Tesla's Elon Musk Swipes at Porsche-Buying Bill Gates by valine on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @02:14PM (#22368941)
I’m sure lots of people would take a Model S over the Porsche in many scenarios considering the Model S has an epa estimated range of 390 miles whereas the Taycan has comparatively short 192 mile range. It doesn’t matter how nice the finish is if the car can’t get you to where you want to go.
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Re:Tesla's Elon Musk Swipes at Porsche-Buying Bill Gates by ancientworldnow on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @03:13PM (#22369561)
Except in real world testing the Taycan dramatically exceeds it's EPA testing while the model S falls far short. In fact the two end up only a few tens of miles different and the Taycan charges faster to make up for it.

There are numerous articles and YouTube videos exploring this if you want further information.

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Re:Tesla's Elon Musk Swipes at Porsche-Buying Bill Gates by valine on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @05:48PM (#22370934)
Under ideal conditions the Taycan can charge to 80% in 22.5 minutes. That’s 160 miles, or 426 miles per hour. Third generation super chargers can charge at a rate of 1000 miles per hour, so your statement that the Taycan charges faster is false.

As far as range testing goes I’ve never heard of a Tesla not being able to meet its epa estimated range, and I find it hard to believe that Porsche would be advertising a low range if they’re capable of achieving something better.

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Re:Tesla's Elon Musk Swipes at Porsche-Buying Bill Gates by ryanlol on Thursday February 20, 2020 @04:16AM (#22373786)
> I find it hard to believe that Porsche would be advertising a low range if they’re capable of achieving something better.

Heh, Porsche has been doing this with their combustion cars for ages.

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Re:Tesla's Elon Musk Swipes at Porsche-Buying Bill Gates by theluketaylor on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @10:50PM (#22372540)
Your math assumes the EPA range for taycan which has been demonstrated by a number of sources to not be a very accurate representation of Taycan real range. While the EPA range for many EVs has proven pretty accurate, for Taycan the methodology just doesn't fit.

Taycan will peak charge at 270 kW. Tesla Model 3 on a V3 supercharger peak at 250 kW. They are pretty close.

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