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Or was it really designed and built by someone else? That would break my heart.
What makes you think it was designed and built by someone other than Porsche?Or was it really designed and built by someone else? That would break my heart.
The video in this forum on building the Taycan shows the electric motor being assembled, so Porsche is building those. Most people discussing the transmission in the Taycan would be thinking of the 2-speed transmission on the rear axle. I do find it interesting that a subcontractor makes the co-axial front axle single speed transmission, but it does not break my heart. Porsche sub-contracts with many others for many parts of their car, Bosch for some electronics as one example.With not too much digging, I found who is the manufacturer of the Taycan motor and transmission: Schaeffler starts mass production of electric motors
It’s a great drivetrain and I love it. Just a shame that Porsche can’t come clean with this. Strikes me as very deceptive that they can’t even mention that they had a “partner” in its development. Every piece of marketing from Porsche talks about their developing the system. Heck, we all assumed this. It actually looks like it’s all Schaeffler. I’m heartbroken. There’s been class action suits brought for less. Time for someone from Porsche to step up and tell the truth!
A few days ago I stumbled across a YouTube video about the development of the Porsche 924, I think after viewing the video referenced in the Cd video recently posted on the forum. It told the story of going from a car developed to be as cheaply built as possible out of the existing VW parts bin into what was called the best sports car in America.Many parts are shared with the Audi too.
It makes sense to me that if there's an expert in the field, why wouldn't you use their superior knowledge rather than trying to reinvent the wheel.
Porsche has probably worked in partnership to develop their own unique product with the industry elite, I'm ok with that.
Sorry if this is confusing you. I figured the reasons to want to switch out of a Tesla are irrelevant on the topic of Taycan transmission. There are plenty, but basically boils down to not wanting experimental cars from a company which started prioritizing profit over customers. Check out Tesla forums for many, many stories from existing owners on what happened once Model 3 rolled out and they decided to cut corners everywhere on service. To give you one example, imagine your less than a year old, 20K miles, $100K+ Tesla main screen is going yellow. You go to service and they tell you that this is not covered under warranty, but actually your own fault for exposing the screen to oxygen and sunlight.I'm confused by your post. If you like the Tesla so much why are you looking to get out of it?
Now it's my turn to be confused. Do you only purchase perfect, flawless, nothing to dislike, nothing possible to improve whatsoever products?And apparently you dislike the 2 speed transmission on the Taycan and yet you are looking to order a Taycan CT.
Whoa David… Are you saying that the 924 was the best sports car in America? Was this a facetious comment? Or did I read you wrong?A few days ago I stumbled across a YouTube video about the development of the Porsche 924, I think after viewing the video referenced in the Cd video recently posted on the forum. It told the story of going from a car developed to be as cheaply built as possible out of the existing VW parts bin into what was called the best sports car in America.
It is not where the parts come from, it is the end result of what you did with those parts.
No I only purchase Porsche’sSorry if this is confusing you. I figured the reasons to want to switch out of a Tesla are irrelevant on the topic of Taycan transmission. There are plenty, but basically boils down to not wanting experimental cars from a company which started prioritizing profit over customers. Check out Tesla forums for many, many stories from existing owners on what happened once Model 3 rolled out and they decided to cut corners everywhere on service. To give you one example, imagine your less than a year old, 20K miles, $100K+ Tesla main screen is going yellow. You go to service and they tell you that this is not covered under warranty, but actually your own fault for exposing the screen to oxygen and sunlight.
Not it's my turn to be confused. Do you only purchase perfect, flawless, nothing to dislike, nothing possible to improve whatsoever products?
No I only purchase Porsche’s
I am not saying it was so, and it certainly was not so on release, I am only referring to reviews of later models at the time that were making the claim. There are plenty of those reviews pictured in the video.Whoa David… Are you saying that the 924 was the best sports car in America? Was this a facetious comment? Or did I read you wrong?
Yes, nearly all cars are now assembled using tier 1 supplier products ie seats, wiring harnesses, axles…. The fundamental question for me is “Am I buying a Porsche with a Porsche motor/engine?” I fully expect so when paying for my Porsche. The video I saw where the motor is being assembled one at a time appears to be preproduction because there’s no way they could keep up building one motor at a time. Why would they hide this important fact? Hopefully they are now building the motors themselves that were designed by Schaeffer.The video in this forum on building the Taycan shows the electric motor being assembled, so Porsche is building those. Most people discussing the transmission in the Taycan would be thinking of the 2-speed transmission on the rear axle. I do find it interesting that a subcontractor makes the co-axial front axle single speed transmission, but it does not break my heart. Porsche sub-contracts with many others for many parts of their car, Bosch for some electronics as one example.