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Originally Posted by ALPINA_DREAMS
Cannot even begin to consider one of these until the US charging infrastructure catches up.
Watched an interesting video with Schmee where he's trying to get to Germany and back from the UK in his Taycan Turbo, and it's almost comical how many glitches and hiccups he encounters.
At one point he does a calculation and figures that it costs almost the same to charge the car is it would for a full tank of petrol in his Ferrari Lusso.
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To be fair he compared Ionity fast charging cost with the petrol for his V12 Ferrari. Depending on the country, charging at Ionity is 5 times as expensive as charging at home (Ionity is 0.79€/kWh with subscription, at home you can get the power much cheaper). So in the end for anyone that can charge at home it will be much cheaper.
Additionally, the iX has about double the range compared to the Taycan (and it is much more efficient, sub 20kWh/100km vs almost 30kWh/100km), so you don't have to charge as often.
Nonetheless, for roadtrips I still share your concerns about the infrastructure (although here in Europe it seems to be better than in the US, in Nordics it's a non-issue).