So called super car brands will pivot to market on subjective qualities like “handling” since they can no longer complete on performance.
“they were surprised to learn that Superchargers could not be used to fill up their Taycan.”
Sounds about right.
EDIT: I incorrectly said CHAdeMO
I look forward to seeing the new Tesla's Nürburgring-Nordschleife time. The progress that performance EVs are making is impressive.
I recall the old (pre2021 facelift) Model 3 Performance either beat or performed very competitively to its various petrol competitors (M3, C63, RS5, Guilia QF, etc.) while being significantly less expensive.
Would be interesting how the facelifted Model 3 Performance fares against the new hog-nose G80 BMW M3/4. Or the upcoming 4cylinder+electricmotor C63AMG.
Now people complain that the Model 3 doesn't have the "soul" to be a true driver's car of course.
Range, charging speed, and availability of rapid charging points that is close to the availability of gas stations are all essential.
The obvious solution to this is a small solar panel to keep the battery topped up.
It had never occurred that I'd have to be very careful to park the van in an area where it has good direct sunlight (it's only a 10w panel so anything less than direct sunlight means it's barely producing enough to support the charge controller). The street in which I usually park is south facing but has tallish buildings on both sides.
The upshot of this is I can can't imagine how frustrating it would be if I was counting on the solar panels on the car contributing to its range.
No way. Who drives that much day to day? A little electric vehicle for commuting / errands doesn't need that kind of range if it can charge fast enough. Sure, some people need more than that, but if you're taking a handful of long trips per year, you can just rent a car with longer range for those purposes.
Of course with both of the ICE cars above I had a particular station that I mostly refueled at, because I learned who had a good price that wasn't too far out of my way. On the long trips I could just fill anywhere and so I didn't think about where I could fuel while planning a trip. EVs are easy to fill in my personal garage, but if you are going on a long trip you better plan fuel stops in advance.
Also you cannot refuel your ICE car at home or at your hotel while you sleep. This is a huge benefit to EVs that makes ICE range comparisons hard to quantify in simplistic terms.
Refueling at home is nice for when I'm home - 95% of the time. That last 5% is the topic here. Most hotels don't have a charger, and even those that do you can't be sure you can park in that spot.
(This isn't needed for all roads, just the major highways and interstates, since those are the roads where people typically are driving long distance.)