John Siracusa
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They changed the inside.
They changed the electrics.
They changed the motors, the battery.
They changed everything about it to just be like... Like, their first... You know, this is Porsche's first EV.
And they did a pretty good job.
It was a pretty good car, but they learned a lot between their first and second attempt at this.
And the second one is just... It's kind of like when, like...
i don't know you had a really good intel mac and the m1 comes out and you're like yeah i know it's better but they're both max right it's like yeah they are both max but like if you had to pick one to get like basically my advice would be get the itch after the second generation because that's the car to get for 50 grand not the current one now i know i was going to try to talk you out of it but like for my because i'm such a you know
You know, with me, my buying computer is like, well, or a TV is where is this the one to buy?
Well, it's a good TV, but like the next one's going to be whatever.
But the thing is, the next one is out.
Like you're in the used market.
It's not like it's a mystery.
The second gen, I feel like did they go to 800 volt with the second gen?
I forget if they did that, but they think like it might as well have done the equivalent of gone to 800 for 400 volt, 800 volt architecture, which is a big deal in EVs.
But like, it's just better in every conceivable way.
And so it's like it's a shame.
Like, you know, that exists.
And yes, it's out of your price range now or whatever.