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Old 09-05-2019, 11:05 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by JST View Post
I have no doubt that Porsche can build a dynamically superior car. My question is where VAG is on battery and driveline tech; based on the specs we’ve seen so far of the Audi and now Taycan, it sounds like the answer is “many years behind Tesla.”

Which, tbh, is not a surprise.
This almost certainly not inside info but a German friend who is an engineering PhD told me a few months ago that Germans were still struggling to find the secret to Tesla's battery power density.
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