Any kind of a hybrid is a packaging-complexity nightmare, and for what? So you can recapture a few Watthours during deceleration? By the time you add enough electric power to make a convincing amount of torque or “engine” braking, you should just switch to a fully electric drivetrain and ditch the big hunk of…

I drove this exact car from 1992 to 1999, nearly to 100k. Those who bought one new remember correctly that they were the best of the domestic sports sedans at that time. I picked it over the Taurus SHO, to which it was quite comparable. It was quick, well sorted, and got an incredible 30 mpg at a steady 70-75 mph. We…

EV “subsidies” are necessary to attempt balance with the huge amount of fossil industry subsidies. When there is a systematic effort to eliminate all fossil fuel subsidies, I will start to feel like EV subsidies need to be reconsidered, but even then there may be a case for them.

The real question is “by how much did that number drop when you added a load of X kg?” There would seem to be plenty of data on this for ICE vehicles. So why don’t we see it published for comparison? Energy is energy, and a battery loses energy no more rapidly than a gas tank when under a load. 

Seriously, the point is that, if we stop disturbing the solar energy balance by finding a way to avoid burning fossil fuels, energy can be abundant and we can have all the fun we want to have...

NO!

Isn’t this usually the outcome when a car tries to cut off a large truck who doesn’t mind ruining everyone’s day? 

Yeah, now tell us when we will get an electric Boxster that will blow the doors of any ICE model, no matter what the displacement; and have “engine” braking unlike current variable-valved ICE versions? 

My suggestion is to quit hassling with traditional dealers and try the Tesla sales model, with Tesla or any other practitioner, but they do tend to be EV sellers.

A price neutral comparison would be with a fully loaded Mazda MX-5, where for HALF the mean family income, you can have a truly fun and engaging drive with about the same power and accommodations as the XK-140. Six cylinders is no longer necessary to produce 165 bhp. And it’s much easier to justify a frivolous…

In 1985, one of these with the AWD and SL gearing became our first family car, used around town and for trips from Huntsville AL to Maine. Yeah, that’s a long way in one of these. As I recall, the AWD was not full time and had to be switched in/out, to be used only when roads were slick. SL was only available in AWD.…

Maybe they need a ragtop version to compete with Miata? 

“Many EV plants still rely on coal power, ultimately negating the environmental benefits you’d expect from going electric.”

It would be heavenly with a Tesla drivetrain...

Still overpriced at $64k. Double the price to sit in front of the engine? Even Ferrari doesn’t try that...

Besides aerodynamics, the biggest factor could be the fact that Porsche doesn’t accept the use of regenerative braking by default as the method of choice, and insists on watering it down onto the brake pedal, where it tends to be overridden by normal friction braking. Guess what! Regenerative braking eliminates the…

That’s why they think they can charge their batteries at 3C+, while Tesla charges at most at 2C. That is an aggressive threat to their battery durability, but maybe they knew it would be necessary to come close to Tesla charging rates expressed in range/time.

It seems you have only managed to demonstrate that the EU test cycle is optimistic relative to the EPA test cycle, which giving the benefit of doubt to their consistency, is the same for every vehicle. Now how about address the title question of why the Taycan is less efficient than the Tesla? My suggestion is to look…

Actually, electric vehicles EXCEL at towing and can generally tow far bigger loads because the toughest thing is to get a big load rolling on a grade, where huge torque is a huge benefit. Sure, you can’t put as much energy in a battery as you can in a gas tank (yet), but then an electric motor uses a quarter of the…

Trouble is that it would take a substantial investment, which doesn’t seem likely for a car that is on the ropes for not selling well. But it would make a lot of sense to preserve the Miata as ICE while delivering an exciting new EV. I cross shopped the two cars last spring and found it difficult to find a Fiat with…