Porsche Ramps Up Additional Taycan Production After Pre-Orders Break 30,000 Units

They should just shut down Panamera production. It is a trickle compared to what is being ordered for the Taycan.

That's awesome news!!!

This helps explain why Model S and X sales were such a disaster in the 3rd quarter.

@truthy - How? Nobody cross shops a Taycan and a Model X. Few people would compare a Model S with the Taycan if the delta is 50-70k. I would be interested to see how it impacts 911, 911 Turbo and Panamera sales.

But people WILL cross shop Tesla and Porsche now that Porsche has an EV. Teslas are all about having the latest thing and the S and X are way way way past their prime.

If Acura would make the Precision Concept faithfully as an EV, it would obliterate Tesla.

@MD- If this pricing is correct, while some may look at the Tesla, the delta will separate those who want a brand vs those who can see value. And we all know buying a base Porsche is a special order. Those off the lot will have $20-$40k in options.

The Porsche Taycan is finally here, and the Turbo trim, which is the base model at launch, starts at $150,900 in the United States. Going for the more powerful Turbo S takes the price to $185,000. The online configurator for the Taycan Turbo and Turbo S are already available, and fully loading a Turbo S takes the price to $241,500.

As usual you talk bullshit. Tesla S and X are bought by people who have cars as jewelry so YES the Porsche is the threat. Was "delta" the word you used to make is sound like you know what you're talking about?

Think it is the other way around, the Porsche brand has more luxury tax built in. The Tesla is by far the better value. Personally, I don't know why anyone would buy an S or a Taycan with a Model 3 Performance at $56k unless it was for the prestige of it. That car's a beast for the price with super low cost of ownership.

In the NY Metro area..once the Model S' were bought in 2012 to 2015 and the novelty wore off...the premium shoppers mostly bought Porsche's.

I'd postulate that 90% of the Taycan buyers had their "Tesla" experience already and wanted a Porsche.

Porsche is going to clean up with the Taycan.

There are tons of Porsches in Silicon Valley, always have been and likely always will be. The pace of new Teslas appearing in neighborhoods and roads is approaching insanity though. I think there are now 12 on my street alone.

That is a meaningless observation.

It's a pretty nice neighborhood ;) I don't think many Tesla employees can actually afford Teslas unfortunately based on what the median salaries are. Perhaps the engineers in Palo Alto.

This is just the start of Tesla's downfall. Audi's eTron, Porsche's Taycan, the upcoming Mercedes-Benz EQB and other models will make Teslas look like the 5-year old outdated vehicles they are.

First-mover advantage only helps to a certain extent until the competition shows up with more advanced technology and higher quality vehicles. The competition is already here and it's about to show up in many new forms.

It's no surprise then that Tesla's Model S and Model X sales have plummeted. When you offer yesterday's technology and news to the buyers who want to move early into the EV market, you never win.

The biggest competitor to the Model S is the Model 3, which is 90% of the car at half the price. The Taycan is great, but it still plays send fiddle to the S in many ways and they had 7 years (not 5) to build a better product. It's far from outdated, as the latest software updates have shown.

German companies seem the be the only ones taking EVs seriously, so I have no doubt that over the next 5 years there will be legit competitors to every car Tesla makes. That's a good thing for all of us right?