Re: Porsche Mission E...the future of Porsche?
Whoopsy:The problem with Porsche's e-hybrids is that no one buys them
Dealers mostly have to beg people to buy the Cayenne hybrid version, same with the regular hybrid of the Panamera. Most people still prefer to buy the conventionally powered versions.
I thought Porsche was taken with a storm of orders on those? Maybe it is different in different markets. Maybe it is the Norwegians
The high performance hybrid version of the Panamera Porsche have no problem selling though, but they aren't made in great numbers anyway.
The Mission E and Panamera caters to different demographics. The Panamera will be for people that value convenience, where they can freely fill up anywhere in a very short amount of time. The Mission E will be for the adventurous people, eager to try out new things. I haven't seen the real car yet, soon, but all things points to the Mission-E will be slightly overlapping the Model S in pricing but with a much better interior and quality.
I'm eager to see the Mission-E too and if it ticks all the boxes I will be one of those "adventurous people" hehe. Still not convinced about how charging infrastructure etc will be when the car is announced. In 5 years or so it will be sorted, but think it will be rather few 350kW/800v chargers out there initially and if they are placed at Porsche dealerships it's not the best locations for charge up. In 2 years time Tesla have probably also updated Model S with new interior and some general updates. For sure not up to Porsche quality standards, but improved compared to the existing version and might be a very appealing package. Time will tell.
Tesla fired the first salvo in the EV game, like the sneak attack on Pearl Harbour. The outcome of the EV war is just getting started as the big guns of the automobile industry are just moving into positions to start the campaign. Firing first doesn't mean an automatic win, USA the behemoth ended up developing the biggest bomb of them all to end the war, the little Japanese bombs that they dropped on Pearl Harbour are next to nothing when compared with the atomic bombs.
Can Tesla survive the war? History have yet to be written. It is likely that it will, perhaps in another form.
There are for sure many uncertainties. Tesla will probably continue to deliver EVs for a while now when they have started and have a few more models in the pipeline (Model Y and Roadster at least), but who knows what Elon is up to. The Auto industry is so big and millions of cars will be delivered so there are room for many players. What rather certain is that the global market share we see for the auto companies today will probably be a different landscape in 10 years time.
All in all, extremely interesting to follow the development as a spectator and consumer. At least to me this is much more thrilling than the rather boring evolution with facelifts and smaller changes that we have seen the last 20 years.
It will be interesting to see if the EV industry finally can catch up to what the users demanded, mainly convenience of topping up the 'gas tank' whenever they feel like or needed to, instead of confining to a charging stations for hours.
For sure. But already today it is quite convenient if you have access to overnight charging and not regulary commute 300km+ on a daily basis.
With all new tech and innovation around the corner EVs will probably be convenient for the mainstream in a few years.
We have front row seats to watch the whole thing unfolds