Actually, a substantial number of them were probably apprehensively drawn in by the $49/mo leases on cars like the 500e, then they bailed after experiencing a short-range, slow-charging EV and not getting a matching deal next time around.

Most of the new, legit long range, fast-charging EVs are working on a plug-and-charge system that works more like Tesla : Mach E, ID.4, Taycan, etc.

How many Taycans have been turned in? 2nd most popular Porsche right?

Might look into the Chevy Bolt.

I mean, the Model 3 can go on long trips and it’s considered by many to be “fun to drive”, so that’s why Tesla owners only went back to gas ~11% of the time.

This is why so many people in this survey got a Fiat 500e and then went back to gas (36%)... because it was a no-brainer when they were $49/mo to lease... with cheap or free charging, and HOV access, etc.

Until recharging speeds are comparable to re-fueling (<15 minutes from start of transaction to end), EVs will NOT be usable as a sole car.

Bingo. This is the real news.

Also, it’s only extra 20-30 min now, when there are only a few EVs around, so there is always an open charger available and you don’t have to wait. When there are more EVs, it will be extra 30 min to charge, plus another 60+ to wait until a charger frees up

My in-laws live 3 hours from us. If we go for a day trip for a family function, that’s at least one, possibly two stops for recharging the car, at 30 minutes each. That makes a 6 hour round trip into a 7 hour round trip, and that’s presuming the chargers are as easy to get as gas stations would be.

Study is based on California. Most chargers of any state per vehicle. Favorable weather conditions for EV. Favorable incentives for EV. Favorable incentives for HOV lanes. If there is anywhere EV will succeed, it’s California. Per government mandate!

Sure a Telsa can put eyeball dents in the head-rest, but it’s not snorting and farting and shooting flames. Some new toy came along to play with.

You responded to my sentence about the Solar *Roof* (not *panels*) and said “Solar roof panels CAN bring solar to the masses.”

No, the Tesla “Solar ROOF” was not going to be for “the masses.” It has only ever made sense when compared to buying a combination of a premium roof AND regular solar panels, and only when you’re about to replace said premium roof.

Note that they sell two types of solar... the much more expensive “solar roof” and the more conventional “solar panels”

Tesla, on average, is not bringing EVs and renewables to the masses but mostly to “those who don’t count their money.”

You do not configure things like this through the configurator, but individually with Porsche Individual at Zuffenhausen, Germany.

The “excuse for not making it color-matched” is that they want it to be a “crossover” and plastic cladding = crossover.

I’m not sure it meets Torchinski’s “over half the cargo area covered by the roof” metric either.

VAG has a test facility in Tampa, FL. Might have gone through there?