Traditional auto keeps making CARS that happen to be electric. NOKIAs. Great for driving/calling, but everything digital is a primitive afterthought (SNAKE…).
New Auto as in the Chinese & Tesla: make smartphones on wheels with an enticing digital experience in a closed digital landscape: IPHONEs. Good enough for driving/calling, great digital experience/digital functionality.
That’s what the Chinese want: the digital experience.
supaloopar
Very hard to justify the Taycan when their local products are far more feature packed for less money
i_sch
No surprise as the price is extremely high. Not worth it
MeteorOnMars
EVs turned cars into gadgets and China is fully embracing that. Move fast and don’t be afraid to fail. This new paradigm is leaving Western manufacturers behind and I’m worried.
kongweeneverdie
Xiaomi SU7.
Every_Tap8117
Sounds right Porsche mb and bmw to an extent are at or behind on tech to most local offering for. 3 to 4x the price. New sanctions are being considered to make it even more expensive. Used taycan prices here are 25 to35% of msrp here in Switzerland for a 2 year old under 30k km car. Even in Switzerland they aren’t immune
ScipioAfricanusMAJ
This article is complete TRASH. The dumbass author should find a new job. Clickbait headline says sales decline but when you read it says DELIVERIES declined YOY Q3. There’s a waiting list on the 2025 Taycan and Porsche keep pushing back delivery date of orders because of the recall of the earlier models. Porsche wants to make sure 2025 launches without any flaws unlike the first year models with the possible battery recall. There’s only 2024 taycans in the dealership rn because nobody wants the 2024 when the 2025 just got heavily updated and refreshed.
Panemera is also a dead model which author throws in for reference and the electric macan is projected to be the greatest selling Porsche of all time and they haven’t really started delivering those in mass yet which the author also poo pood on.
Porsche is not sweating at all and almost everything they touch turns to gold. Author for some reason suggests Porsche buyers are cross shopping for byds as well which is insane.
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it’s an expensive car and not for the masses…
Per the article: BMW + Mercedes too (line 2)
Simple:
Traditional auto keeps making CARS that happen to be electric. NOKIAs. Great for driving/calling, but everything digital is a primitive afterthought (SNAKE…).
New Auto as in the Chinese & Tesla: make smartphones on wheels with an enticing digital experience in a closed digital landscape: IPHONEs. Good enough for driving/calling, great digital experience/digital functionality.
That’s what the Chinese want: the digital experience.
Very hard to justify the Taycan when their local products are far more feature packed for less money
No surprise as the price is extremely high. Not worth it
EVs turned cars into gadgets and China is fully embracing that. Move fast and don’t be afraid to fail. This new paradigm is leaving Western manufacturers behind and I’m worried.
Xiaomi SU7.
Sounds right Porsche mb and bmw to an extent are at or behind on tech to most local offering for. 3 to 4x the price. New sanctions are being considered to make it even more expensive. Used taycan prices here are 25 to35% of msrp here in Switzerland for a 2 year old under 30k km car. Even in Switzerland they aren’t immune
This article is complete TRASH. The dumbass author should find a new job. Clickbait headline says sales decline but when you read it says DELIVERIES declined YOY Q3. There’s a waiting list on the 2025 Taycan and Porsche keep pushing back delivery date of orders because of the recall of the earlier models. Porsche wants to make sure 2025 launches without any flaws unlike the first year models with the possible battery recall. There’s only 2024 taycans in the dealership rn because nobody wants the 2024 when the 2025 just got heavily updated and refreshed.
Panemera is also a dead model which author throws in for reference and the electric macan is projected to be the greatest selling Porsche of all time and they haven’t really started delivering those in mass yet which the author also poo pood on.
Porsche is not sweating at all and almost everything they touch turns to gold. Author for some reason suggests Porsche buyers are cross shopping for byds as well which is insane.