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Being able to manufacture in volume is one of the criteria needed to beat Tesla, its yet to be seen whether VW can do that. Batteries are the key to that. The

Being able to manufacture in volume is one of the criteria needed to beat Tesla, its yet to be seen whether VW can do that. Batteries are the key to that. The EPA range for the Taycan is 201 miles, for the e-Tron 204 miles. Frankly, both extremely crappy for the price. So its very debatable to call them competitors to the Model S/X. The Taycan can beat the S around the track, I'll concede that. But I take your point, Tesla's lead will shrink. Although I think they are much further ahead in software than people realise.

reitzensteinm 6y ago
The E-Tron range really is poor, the whole platform is really, but the EPA Taycan range is bogus. Car and Driver found about a 10% gap between Taycan and Model S range at highway speeds. Might be a crappy test, but you'd never ever get close to that if the real range was 400 vs 200 miles. I'm calling them competitors because they're selling. The E-Tron is outselling the Model X and Taycan revenue is probably not too far from that of the Model S. Ultimately, consumers opening their wallet is what counts. I'd have called the Bolt a Model 3 competitor based on the on paper specs, but people were just not interested. It's selling today at deep discounts to clear all the unsold 2020 inventory.