There will be no direct competition in the short term, but a positive confrontation is only a matter of time.
Muske finally couldn’t help but revealed on Twitter the production time of the upgraded Model S – with the new powertrain system Plaid’s new Model S will begin production from October to November next year. He also said that once the new car is launched, it will break the record of the New North Circuit.
In the past two months, Tesla has been competing with Porsche.
On the 5th of this month, Porsche released its own pure electric sports car, Taycan, which was called “Tesla’s most powerful challenger” by many media. On the eve of the release of Taycan, Tesla brought the Model 3 to the New North Circuit, and , although not running Taycan, the results were very close.
Since last week, Tesla brought the Plaid version of Model S to the New North test. A reporter from the German car magazine Auto Motor und Sport got an unofficial track time for the Plaid version of the Model S by manual timing – 7 minutes and 23 seconds, about 20 seconds faster than the Porsche Taycan. After several rounds of trial runs, the new version of Model S will be officially tested on September 25.
It is reported that Tesla’s new Plaid powertrain system will be first loaded on the Model S and then applied to the Model X and Roadster 2. Muske also revealed that the new version of the Model S is a seven-seat model that will be equipped with a new rear seat in the form of “5+2”.
Just yesterday, Porsche released Taycan’s first video ad, in which Porsche reviewed the history of their electrification and claimed that they did not “lost their souls” because of electrification. The slogan said: “We may have changed the fuel, but the heart is the same soul, making the all-electric Taycan a true Porsche.” /p>
Similar to Tesla’s early strategy, Taycan will first introduce two higher-priced flagship models: Turbo and Turbo S, which are priced at $150,000 and $185,000, respectively. Taycan will also launch a variety of models, covering all price ranges and different levels of market demand.
Because Taycan currently has a certain price difference with Tesla, there will be no direct competition in the short term, but from their recent frequent and tit-for-tat actions, it can be seen thatIn the past few years, the frontal competition between the luxury car giant Porsche and the electric car pioneer Tesla on the electric car track is inevitable.
When the Taycan was released at the beginning of the month, Porsche revealed that Taycan’s initial production target was 40,000 vehicles per year, and the production target may be expanded according to market demand in the later period. If it goes well, it can be delivered as early as December and expand from the California region to the global market.
As Taycan began mass production and upgraded version of Model S, the two auto companies are getting closer in the electric car field.