[Update] Tesla challenges Taycan ... I want to, but forgot to make a reservation for the Nürburgring?

Tesla vs Porsche

Speaking of electric cars, Tesla.

… That's exactly what I had in mind until now, and I thought so too.

But there Porsche is a full electric car,I brought a taicanSo, in that case, it is inevitable that it will be compared with "Which is better, Tesla or Taycan for electric cars?"

Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan Turbo S Spec Comparison Table

In fact, immediately after the Taycan was announced, many articles comparing Tesla and Taycan have been written, for example, in this table ↓, Tesla's Model S and Taycan Turbo S's peak performance figures are compared. ..

Source:Porsche Taycan vs Tesla Model S | How they compare on paper

Even on Twitter, such a comparison table was made ↓

Well, this is an opinion (?) From the Tesla lover side, "The specs do not change much, but the price is too different ... After all it is Tesla!"

Source:TheTeslaLife Twitter

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Tweet to Porsche

so! Even Tesla CEO Elon Musk came here on Twitter, first

 Source:Elon Nusk Twitter

"Um @Porsche, this word Turbo does not mean what you think it does"

When.

Yes, it is a comment that Porsche Taycan launched a car under the model name "Taikan Turbo".

The Taycan, which is a fully electric car, does not even have an engine, let alone a "turbo", so this tweet by Elon Musk

"No no no, Porsche-san, that, turbo is w"

Is it like that? … Ah, too much translation (laughs)?

Tesla Model S finally officially measures lap times at the Nürburgring?

And the problem starts here. Click here for Elon Musk's tweet after this ↓

Yes, in a tweet on September 5, "I will run Model S at the Nürburgring next week." No, it doesn't say "run" to be exact, but when I see this one sentence, I still think

"Tesla Model S measures lap time at Nürburgring next week"

Everyone speculates that this is the case.

Now, at this timing, Tesla declares that it will bring the Model S to Nürburgring, which means that Tesla officially measures the lap time at the Nürburgring on the Model S, and the very purpose is "Porsche Taycan Turbo S lap time 7:42I can only think of "getting a better time".

Tesla, do you have a reservation for Nürburgring?

Shika ~! !! !!

here. A surprising fact! !!

That is right. How. "Road & TrackWhen a person inquired to the Nürburgring, he said, "If Tesla has not requested lap time measurement, no time frame has been reserved."

Source:If Tesla's Planning a Nurburgring Lap, They Forgot to Tell the Nurburgring

For that matter, the Nürburgring schedule is already full of reservations this season, and I think it will be a little difficult for Tesla to measure the lap time (keep the track time frame) in the next few days. "

So, I thought, "What? That? Is that so?" (I don't know, but ^^) It seems that a Road & Track person is also inquiring about Tesla, but there is no answer at this time.

However, it is certain that Model S is heading for the Nürburgring, as there is information that Tesla's car left California on September 6 and headed for Germany. It seems.

However, Nürburgring says, "I think it's quite impossible to hold a truck reservation from now on," and what happens ...

In fact, even if the Tesla Model S competes with the Taycan for a lap time at the Nürburgring, it is said that it will not be easy to break the Taycan record. It depends on the weather of the day.

However, if the Nürburgring's running frame cannot be suppressed anyway, the lap time will never come out, so I'm wondering what Elon Musk's remarks mean.

Will it be either? ??

No, if the correct answer is ②, that is also a purely interesting result (laughs). I would like to look forward to next week's development ^ ^

★ Addition (2019.9.7) ★

After this, on September 7, Elon Musk added the following to the above tweet.

"But Taycan does seem like a good car. Nurburgring track time is great."
(= But I think Taycan is a good car. The lap time at the Nürburgring is amazing)

It makes me happy ^^ ... but it's a little strange why I dared to add this comment two days later ... Mystery is.

★ Addition (2019.9.8) ★

Former F1 racer (Mercedes) Nico Rosberg replied on September 8 to what Elon Musk tweeted, "Model S will be in Nürburgring next week." that is

"Give me a call if you need a decent driver to do the lap!"
(Please contact me if you need the right driver to get your lap time!)

so! Nico directly offered an offer, "If you like, I'll run Nürburgring with Model S and set a lap time!" great. Is this already a finished race? I don't know if it is, but anyway, Mr. Earon's reply to it is

"Thanks for offering! Sure, that would be great."
(Thank you! That's great!)

Feeling like that.

In this exchange, it seems that Nico Rosberg has decided to measure the lap time of the Tesla Model S at the Nürburgring, but at the time of saying "nur next week", it is still Did you decide on a driver? ??

… So, can we get the Nürburgring running frame? ?? Hmmm ^^

★ Addition (September 10, 2019) ★

In a formal response from Tesla, Tesla said he was "looking forward to participating in Insustry Pool Testing" at the Nürburgring next week (that is, this week).

Industry pool testing is an open lap test session at the Nürburgring for automakers and others. A session for automakers to prototype their new cars and for parts makers to test their performance.

It is said that driving where spy shots are often taken is often the place for this industry pool testing.

However, although it was confirmed that Tesla's Model S will run in Nur here, official lap time measurement is prohibited at the time of this pool test (other than that, cars of other manufacturers will run at the same time. Also, since the driver who does the pool test needs to apply in advance, Mr. Nico, who was offered the other day, seems to be unable to run in this pool test.

Well, well, this week at the industry pool testing at the Nürburgring, I knew that the Model S would run in Nürburgring, but it said, "Official lap time measurement is impossible, who the driver is unknown."

However, it seems that Tesla has already set up another opportunity to measure the official Nürburgring time at Mr. Nico ^ ^

Rika (911supercars.com)

I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).