More EV Coverage, Please
I just received my November issue of
MotorTrend and read with interest your
review of the Porsche Taycan Turbo
and Turbo S. Let me begin by saying I
have owned four Porsches and two Tesla
Model S’s. My current car is a 2017 Tesla
Model S P100D—by leagues the best
vehicle I have owned out of 46 other cars
in my 74 years, including 11 Mercedes,
nine BMWs, and four Porsches.
I would not think to quarrel with your
praise of the Taycan, but you might as
well be comparing a Tesla Model S to a
Nissan Leaf. The Taycan Turbo (with a
few goodies) is a $180,000 vehicle. The
Taycan doesn’t have the range of the
Tesla Model S, nor does it have Autopilot,
nor will it “refresh” itself as the Tesla
does with its frequent downloads. How
can you say it’s a competitive vehicle?
No doubt the Porsche handles better
and looks better than the Tesla, but your
review isn’t an apples-to-apples compar-
ison. I will be eager to read your review of
the vanilla version of the Taycan and see
how that stacks up against the Model S.
Don’t you find it interesting that the
Model S came to market in 2012, and nine
model years later no manufacturer has
yet to challenge it? Hooray for Porsche.
Glen Sondag
New York, New York
You make a great point about range—try
as they might, many manufacturers are
still struggling to match Tesla.—Ed.The time is now for MotorTrend to write
exclusively about EVs. When reviewing
an all-electric vehicle, there’s some
commonality with their gas counterparts,
but when it comes to motors, transmis-
sions, batteries, and charging, everything
is totally different. I’d love to know how
often a battery would need to be charged
in the real world and which EVs are sold
in all 50 states. I would like to be one of
the first to get a five-year subscription to
the new MotorTrend-E magazine.
Doug Moore
Sun City Center, Florida
Although there are some differences
between how we review cars with internal
combustion engines and their electric
counterparts, they have far more in
common than you might think. As for an
electric MT, well, we think you’re going to
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