Well if it had nothing to do with Tesla, they should not have made this handwavy claim at all: “legacy manufacturers like Porsche and others have struggled to meet Tesla’s impressive range figures, like 370 miles for the Model S Long Range, to prevent reliability and maintenance issues.” Nothing in the article shows…

This article is half-baked. Maybe quarter-baked?

Agreed. I don’t think this article was remotely on the right track to answer the question in the headline. Actual answers include the form factor of the battery cells, Tesla uses cylinders and everyone else is doing pouch or prismatic. This changes how high the car is and affects battery cooling and management and…

A German car maker making an EV holding back on range to make it more reliable...COME ON, DUDE. You didn’t point out one major difference between the Taycan and other EVs....ONE PEDAL DRIVING. Porsche engineers thought that it would be more efficient, they would get more range, if they had “coast mode” instead of…

The “expert” who thinks Tesla’s drivetrains are more efficient because they don’t care about reliability is laughably full of Shiite. In the last few years Tesla’s motors and batteries have been quite solid. Unlike my Mercedes which had a transmission replaced at 20k miles, or my 2016 Cayenne, which had a replacement…

Essentially, traditional manufacturers have customers that are less likely to accept drive unit failures, battery replacements and quality concerns that Tesla early adopters often write off as a small price to pay for a car from the future.

Nearly a decade and still no real competitor to the Model S.. at any price given how expensive this car is in the top-trim...

So which testing method do Teslas employ? What about the Kia Soul EV, which has a 20% greater EPA range than the Taycan at 20% of the cost?

It is amazing how many articles there are on Jalopnik that exist just to bash Tesla, but with the porsche you go out of your way to defend it.

A fine looking Kia if you ask me. 

Welp, this insight into Nissan is exactly why they are losing. They are missing the point entirely.  No wonder they suck at sales.

If it’s so unimpressive, why hasn’t Ford, GM, or Ram been able to have a full EV pick-up truck yet?

I hate that I feel like I’m defending Tesla here, but calling it a “kindergarten” project is weak-sauce. Yeah, it’s ugly as hell, yeah it’s still a prototype, yeah, Musk is probably over-selling it and will deliver months or even years late, but it ain’t even close to a kindergarten project. It’s damn impressive and I…

It’s still an interesting car and I’m glad it exists, but it really illustrates Tesla’s efficiency advantage. The Model 3 SR+ uses less than half the energy to go that distance. It can charge at 170kw, so a fair bit quicker to to up.

The CARB numbers are based on the UDDS (Urban Dynamometer Drive Cycle, or “city” test) only. For EVs this usually gives the longest range, since going faster means more drag losses, while regen makes up for the frequent braking. The EPA figures are calculated based on several test cycles.

OOF. 69mpge?! Yikes indeed.

I mean... it was CARB that VW really fooled and made look like idiots.

Porsche talked all that trash, and then when it came to the most important metric for an EV...it couldn’t beat vehicles 25% of it’s price?! Congrats Porsche...you’ll be the fastest EV alright...from charging station to charging station. Go take several seats!

It's called Google Maps, and since the range didn't plummet suddenly at the end of the trip, you're friend is still a twit for not checking his range throughout the journey. And you sound about as smart as your friend.

Your friend sounds like a boomer, too self-absorbed and stupid to plan properly for the future.