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Awesome trip! Thanks for sharing the steps you took and the tips about applications, locations, and even border crossings. About that border crossing into Turkiye; which one had the biggest backlog, and what did you do to avoid it? Last question: did you have some Turkish soccer team...

RE: Tariffs Proposed (April 2 possible date, so is April 13, although no clear date) tariffs of 25%/25%/10% Can/Mex/China, with retaliatory taxes, imply tariff costs of $4,000 to $10,000 for North American assembled vehicles (including Ford/GM/Toyota/Honda/Tesla and others), and $400-$1200 for...

I did this as well. Warns that it may take 35 minutes. Note that this 35 minutes starts after you have to start the OTA while sitting in the car, and that takes about 5 minutes. Prepare for 45 minutes of inability to use the car. Also, some advice: park the car where, if the install doesn't...

The statistic about EV fires compared to ICE fires has been, in multiple variations, going around for the past 2 years. I have never seen it carefully supported. Among the problems, the NFPA report on vehicle fires doesn't include the words "EV" or "BEV" or "electrical vehicle."...

I'm afraid I am at my limit of providing information on this, as I have already produced lengthy explanations, parts catalog citations, and two videos. Nobody is disputing (unless you are) that regenerative braking adds function, complexity, and parts. Here's a few more links so you can confirm...

Dear Jhenson: I understand the Taycan forum writer was quoting a post that said "drivetrain." My point is about (a) the fact that there is a recurring and misleading claim that EVs as a whole have only a small number of moving parts; and (b), the specific claim that the "drivetrain" has only...

This is a recurring internet claim, and one that is deeply logically challenged. First, electric cars have thousands and thousands of parts...just like gasoline cars. Most of the parts are nearly the same (or exactly the same). Seats, tires, windows, motors and sensors (I mean the motors that...

I've resisted looking at this survey for the last week, but finally went and read the report of the survey results. First off, almost no survey has a 99% results one way. If you ask people whether the moon landing was faked, about 10% say yes. It's not uncommon for there to be 4% or more user...

Thanks, Derek I'm just back from having my 2020 T4S in for battery repair for over 4 months(!). However, now that it's back: --best handling car I've ever owned. --best performance car also. --cool looking --radio is excellent (OK, Burmester) ... but, yes, it is really a problem getting it...

Thanks Mr. Max, for this detailed analysis. Bonus points for calculating the power needed to go up hill in megajoules! I think you are right (although not having driven the new version) that there are many small improvements yielding more efficiency. For my first-year Taycan 4S, the opposite...

For my 2020 Taycan 4S, there have been approximately 3X the number of service calls required compared to previously owned Porsche Cayennes, which were driven more miles. Many of these required a few days to get the software updated properly done. In June I had a battery problem. The instrument...

If you get this later on Friday, you are probably waiting at a charger. You might also be driving 50 miles an hour with "range" on and your speed limited. Hopefully you are not by the side of the road trying to explain to the tow truck operator that their jumper cables won't quite charge your...

I hope my experience is not typical. I'm having 3 cells replaced. My wait time has exceeded two months, including diagnostic time and parts acquisition time and repair time. I have no complaints about the dealer or about Porsche, though, as they have thus far given me a loaner (and second one...

Thank you for finding and posting this important notice. The advice against running normal L1 charging for more than 12 hours is a real surprise to people (millions of them) that were told charging at home overnight was safe, easy and effective. Porsche isn't saying that it is unsafe if (a)...

This, and unfortunately some other reports on the alleged longevity of BEVs and their batteries, are seriously flawed. Here is the conclusion (in the headline statement): "Geotab research shows that EV batteries could last 20 years or more if they degrade at an average rate of 1.8% per year...

Recent Observation on MY 2020 Taycan S, lots of options, with about 10K miles per year and very nice condition: depreciation about 60% in just 4 years. That means lots of buyers lost $80K in value. Now, as others have pointed out, luxury cars often depreciate heavily in early years--ICE and...

Good evening from USA. My 2020 Taycan S had a battery problem at 40,000 miles (not km), almost exactly 4 years after purchase. It has been in the shop now for 8 weeks. The battery has been taken out, and they have run tests on it. I don't know yet whether the whole battery, or just some cells...

This kind of misleading (and sometimes purposely incorrect) argument makes its way around the internet constantly. The only way an EV is "way more" efficient than an ICE vehicle is if you IGNORE one kind of inefficiency associated with electric vehicles, and count it against the ICE vehicle. EV...

My 2020 Taycan S had a sudden "component inactive/service required" warning (in white, on rightmost of the 3 central screens). The warning would not go away. I took it to the dealer the next morning, who (helpfully) had a loaner for me. It took 5 days, but during that time: --An OTA component...