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Old 10th February 2021, 04:19 AM
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Looks very nice, much nicer that a "normal" Audi e-tron, and it probably drives better than one too - but that's because it's a Porsche (Taycan) really. Unlike Audi, Porsche actually tried to design a "proper" EV first, rather than cobbling together a defensive hash of some substandard batteries + an existing ICE design. It'd actually nice enough for me to want to go and take a look.

Regrettably, it's still just another defensive stopgap to try to stop losing even more business to Tesla until VAG (and therefore Audi) can deliver a "proper" EV platform. That will eventually come in the form of their MEB architecture (quick summary here: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/h...vs-142918.html).

However, they announced that platform five years ago in 2016, and only one car - VW's iD3 - has (finally) made it into showrooms, after extensive delays. So who knows when a "normal" Audi e-tron that's really fit to compete with Tesla will finally be on sale. Audi look likely to continue borrowing Porsche's technology to try to compete with Tesla's performance levels, though this GT is still significantly slower than several Tesla MSs. Nicer looking though
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