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Commuting is the worst part of driving. It's a stress-inducing piece of hell that many of us endure on a daily basis. Audi aims to eliminate that stress with a tiny self-driving car that takes you on a virtual journey while you're sitting in gridlock.
There were a few moments after the Tesla Cybertruck truck appeared on stage when people thought that maybe this was a joke. CEO Elon Musk is known for having fun on Twitter and with his products. Tesla cars have a fart feature for god's sake. But this wasn't a gag. The event continued with its hammers and metal balls and surprise ATVs, and we all realized, this is it. This is the truck that Musk and company have been working on, and in a few years, these would be driving around our roads. We better get used to it.
We're sideways. Again. After a blistering takeoff that pushed my internal organs towards my spine, the driver behind the wheel of the pre-production Porsche Taycan (pronounced "tie khan") turns off the traction control and the vehicle does something other EVs don't. It becomes a full-fledged sports car, its tires spinning on the edge -- and spilling over -- the traction event-horizon. We're drifting and the driver -- that also happens to be one of the regenerative braking engineers -- tells me about how the Taycan recuperates energy back into the battery. Meanwhile, I'm smiling because a proper electric sports car is coming to market from a company with a history defined by fast cars.