Petevb

All proper EVs use active battery cooling (and heating). However this requires a tiny fraction of the cooling needed in an ICE (which rejects 2/3 of the energy in the fuel as waste heat). Hence the very clean lines on EVs...

lee88

Given that the Taycan is being produced on a new, entirely separate production line at Zuffenhausen I would actually guess that PTS or Exclusive options won't be available immediately at launch. I would assume there would be a full color palette and optional premium colors available just like every other Porsche model at launch, and I would anticipate PTS / Exclusive would become available eventually on Taycan. But again just my prediction that Porsche would prioritize getting first production cars out the door in timely manner with usual quality, and not prioritize customization above and beyond regular colors and options.

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Lee88, I have never had a new Porsche, I am on the list, number 20, I really like the idea of exclusive, when they come available, How does it work, I want that spot, but would like exclusive also. I see you are getting a 2019 carrera t, lucky you

daveo4porsche

if you embrace driving and using regenerative braking, the brakes wear far far less - but given that Porsche hasn't release the Taycan yet we can say for sure. I can say that for Tesla's an Bolts the brake wear is a non-issue if you use mostly regenerative braking. My Tesla Model S P85D with 52,xxx mile on it had virtually no pad/rotor wear.

brake maintenance should be less - we'll see for the Taycan - it certainly can be based on other EV's on the market.

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lee88

Re: regenerative braking, definitely takes a little getting used to but I wouldn't be concerned about brake wear. Teslas let you adjust the level of braking that occurs when you lift off throttle (I have a S90D). My understanding is that Porsche is engineering the Taycan so that regenerative braking only occurs when you actually press the brake pedal, but we'll see how the system works when they actually start deliveries. You definitely use the actual brake pads/calipers a little less if you embrace regen as daveo4porsche said, flip side is that these full EVs are pretty heavy cars so when applying brakes there's a lot of mass being slowed.

Re: Porsche Exclusive... the very short version is that Porsche has had a long history of catering to clients custom preferences. Basically one could order special exterior or interior colors or other customized options through the factory's "Special Wishes" department. Things like "paint to sample" (PTS) have now become available across most Porsche models, but doing so is costly (>$10K+) and will lengthen the time it takes to actually get your car delivered. Porsche has also institutionalized other customization with the "Exclusive" department, which continues to try to cater to customer requests and has released a few unique model variants like the 911 Turbo S Exclusive. But again this takes time & money beyond a normal order, and while open to any customer Porsche Exclusive tends to work most closely with longtime customers who've purchased many new cars over the years.

Bottom line, IMO I personally wouldn't lose too much sleep over trying to do PTS or Exclusive options for the Taycan. The regular colors and wide variety of options available mean one can get a car pretty uniquely setup with what you want. Personally I also think that EV tech will continue to change and evolve pretty rapidly over the next 5-10 years. So if it were me and I was buying a pretty rare 911 variant (e.g. Speedster etc) that I intended to keep for a very long time, then I might go for Exclusive/PTS. But as much as I'm excited about the Taycan, my expectation is this is a car I will keep and use for a few years but probably won't hang onto forever.

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