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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 outsi

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.

clouddrover 8y ago
> 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvNw15W_EK8 Here's another person sitting in one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMEdiq2xTbQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMEdiq2xTbQ And yet another person sitting in one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2i8uS_q6kE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2i8uS_q6kE And another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZFcjJ-PCbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZFcjJ-PCbs Is that literal enough?
- xedeon 8y ago
  Take a look at this: https://www.wired.com/2009/12/audis-electric-e-tron-is-real-and-coming-soon/ 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.
  - clouddrover 8y ago
    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-orders-open-may-8-production-september/ https://electrek.co/2019/03/13/vw-id-electric-hatchback-pre-...
- collinmanderson 8y ago
  Amazing. They had a police motorcade surrounding them.

clouddrover 8y ago

> 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvNw15W_EK8 Here's another person sitting in one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMEdiq2xTbQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMEdiq2xTbQ And yet another person sitting in one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2i8uS_q6kE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2i8uS_q6kE And another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZFcjJ-PCbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZFcjJ-PCbs Is that literal enough?

xedeon 8y ago
Take a look at this: https://www.wired.com/2009/12/audis-electric-e-tron-is-real-and-coming-soon/ 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.
- clouddrover 8y ago
  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-orders-open-may-8-production-september/ https://electrek.co/2019/03/13/vw-id-electric-hatchback-pre-...
collinmanderson 8y ago
Amazing. They had a police motorcade surrounding them.