[mrtksn]

I believe they just didn’t give the option to wreck your car by overclocking.

Their selling point is repeatability, so overloading the systems is not part of the Taycan experience.

Probably it’s possible to push the car to higher performance and risk performance degradation later on as with Tesla. Would be fun when people start playing around with these cars’ systems.

[19870213]

Porche appears to be claiming that one of the features of the Taycan is repeated launch control 0-60s without overheating or other problems that Telsa is warning people about when you use ludicrous mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP9kokeyxGU

[InTheArena]

That was a issue with the Model S, not with the P3D. I suspect that when they switch over the S to the new style batteries, it goes away.

[kenhwang]

But by switching over to the Model 3 powertrain, Tesla will lose their 0-60 crown. The 3 might have better cooling motors, batteries, and efficiency, but the S launches faster despite being much heavier.

So Tesla gets to pick whether they want a Model S that doesn't overheat, or a Model S that's slower to 60 than a Taycan.