Originally Posted by cairns (Post 10731601)

I do. And getting a rebate for any car costing more than $30K is a flat waste of taxpayers money. Let alone something costing $100k or $200K. I don't like subsidies for the rich- no matter how liberal or conservative you are.

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6 (Post 10731621)

Just as multi-billion dollar corporations don't.

Originally Posted by Sooner or later (Post 10731611)

I agree. There should have been a cap. Someone buying a 100k vehicle doesn't need a tax credit.

Originally Posted by Ronbo (Post 10731542)

Yes the Taycan Turbo S is a technical marvel, but Porsche should be absolutely ashamed of its sub-200 mile range

Originally Posted by wdfifteen (Post 10731721)

I think a company with a history of technical excellence and innovation should be ashamed to apply the term “turbo” to an electric car.
It seems like a misguided marketing ploy to apply an ICE term to an EV.
I know it’s a popular marketing term used to sell everything from gym shoes to energy drinks and its popular largely because of the success of real Porsche turbos. But Porsche isn’t selling sneakers or tax software. They should have more respect for people who know where the term comes from.

Originally Posted by tdw28210 (Post 10731491)

Not really. I've never been anti-electric car, just anti-electric car hype (and the virtue-signaling that often comes with it). I care about the environment and I also care about my pocketbook and my tax dollars too. I just won't run to the latest supposed environmental panacea in an effort to "out virtue" my neighbor. That said, I have a 10.4 Kwp solar panel array on the roof of my home. But 95% of my neighbors have no idea because it is on the back, installed in under a day and is very low profile and invisible from the street.

Electric cars represent an evolution to me. I doubt I will ever NOT own an ICE vehicle, but I can also see myself owning an electric one too. The Taycan just makes that evolution easier to digest because it is so damn fast and a true driver's car. The Tesla never appeared or felt that way to me.

Originally Posted by Rawknees'Turbo (Post 10731760)

I agree - what a crock of shiit on their part. Makes me want to point and laugh.

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 10731917)

Many vacuum cleaners, and my old computer have a turbo button. In the case of the electric cars, yea it is stupid, but not unprecedented in marketing.

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6 (Post 10731524)

I think we are confusing idealistic theory and philosophy with real world results, at least as it pertains to subsidies.

Originally Posted by RWebb (Post 10732310)

wrong direction for bagels - NYC is where ya wanna go