Everyone on the Porsche forums was convinced the base price was going to be $145k+. I am impressed that they kept it so low to be competitive with the model S. I would totally buy a Porsche before the Tesla. I imagine the interior quality will be better and Porsche will have other engineering tricks learned from the 918 that will trickle down. I am quite excited to see how this one turns out. The allocation process in the beginning though will likely be horrendous until the production is ramped up.

 

I dig it. Looks like a stretched Cayman.

Not that I have $90k+ to drop on a car, so I wouldn't be a buyer anyway.

 

Has anyone ever heard legit feedback if these lead bricks called electric cars go through tires and brakes more than normal cars?

 

I can't tell you on tires but they go through brakes at a far lower rate. Regenerative braking yo.

 

what happens when you want to drive from NY to CA?

 

I dislike that it resembles a Cayman in any way, but acknowledge that this is a thing which appeals to the buyers of $90k cars these days...

If Porsche actually delivers on this promise, of 400 km range on 15 min charge, my mind will be blown. As someone who works with high-power electrical devices, that is power transfer on a scale which is hard to imagine in a consumer machine. 350 Kw is a mind-blowing amount of energy. Big, high-power UHF TV transmitters USED to run at that kind of rate back in the analog days. And they required full-time staff to maintain them.






As someone who has specifically driven from CA to NY, and has, in general, made many coast-to-coast treks, in my experience this is what tends to happen:



(Taken earlier this week, from the parking lot of the Cracker Barrel in Knoxburg, TN.)

 

You fly charter private jet. Duh.

 

I'm pretty sure it had adequate range to get me to the airport.

 

Anytime i see something about an electric car, i think of that homebuilt bmw that passed 1200km on a single over charge.