rennlistfan

The bread and butter new Macan is EV only. Oops...

aggie57

Folks here may not have liked how he put things but he is entertaining, is prepared to say what he thinks, and not mindlessly fall behind lobby groups talking points. I for one will miss his contributions.

Joe250

Didn't they say the same things about Jim Jones?

aggie57

Pot, kettle, black…..the oil industry would have us believe supporting electrification is a cult when the exact opposite is much closer to reality.

Butzi

If you can't be persuasive without name calling, you've lost the discussion.
Keyboard tantrums on an automotive forum aren't constructive conversations.

shrimp money

I thought EV stands for electric vehicle, does it not?

breny4104

Porsche EV's for the most part are going to be a joke. Taycan? No! 718 Boxster/Cayman? Hell no! It's all stand-up/feel-good nonsense at this point. Hybrids make a lot more sense for the Porsche Market, especially for the sports cars. EV may be a good option for the Cayenne and Macan which are a fairly utilitarian vehicles as it is.

EV's are a very sensible choice for a commuting/utilitarian vehicle. If most people choose them (and they will eventually), they will go a long way to improve our air quality and reduce our carbon footprint.

We missed the boat by marketing expensive EV to the high end consumers, while China is producing EV's for the masses. Oh well.

ipse dixit

Porsche can't even do high end expensive EVs right.

Lucid has already taken the lead, and lapped the field.

aggie57

Now you've lost me. You do realize don't you that the majority of crude oil is refined into gasoline and diesel? Over 1/2 the worlds oil industry, in total, supports solely that use. A complete industry exists to enable the distribution, storage, and retail of gasoline purely to support the need for people to get around, it exists for no other reason. If you step back it makes no sense at all, unless as some sort of surreptitious employment scheme.

Once upon a time people used kerosene for lighting. Then along came this wonderous thing called electricity and much of the world switched, not all, and the same thing is happening now with gas powered cars. They're being replaced by EV's in the majority of use cases, there's the normal FUD and noise from those with a vested interest in the outgoing industry but even they are warming to it. Companies like Shell are investing in EV infrastructure while not walking away from their legacy businesses. It takes time to make this change but the process has started.

Mike981S

So we are banning people that try to argue factually their points because they are counter to some other people's believe but keep posts that are insulting others? Got it.

Tell me what is wrong with a post like this?

And tell my why the following highlighted part is acceptable.

And to get back on topic: Yes, Porsche's EV strategy has hit a snag (or a wall?) at least from a US market point of view. I am sure that they will find a way to recover from it, because if they don't, then they will go out of business. They are still one of the most profitable car manufacturers, so they should have enough money to adjust their strategy in the next couple of years if needed. If the Macan EV doesn't sell as well, I am sure that they will figure out how to build a hybrid Macan that allows them to sell more while hitting their CO2 fleet targets.

Larson E. Rapp

Yeah, banning him was not OK, Robb. Not unless he made other posts we didn't see.

Butzi

That's not the entire picture. Many posts I saw have since been deleted.

I don't know what escalated to being banned, but if you can't be civil here, go find a therapist.

Robb M.

when a person needs two timeouts in a week for doing the same thing, it’s enough.
as to the post quoted above, please use the report button.

Hunky

Agree, Big Dog was entertaining as I am sure most here would agree. Really seemed like a guy with a drinking problem and reminded me of some of the alcoholic liberal college proffessors we dealt with decades ago. Disagree with anything they preached and their heads exploded. His MO to a "T".

BondJ

You’ve banned Cody? Shame on you, Mod. He has a point of view which differs from some. Does that include you? He hasn’t shot anyone. Or threatened to do so. Do you simply disagree with his views? In which case you should not be a moderator. Period