# Porsche Taycan Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/porsche-taycan/ 8 people recommended Porsche Taycan in Hacker News comments, 4 had mixed feelings and 10 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 8 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** More people criticize it than recommend it. Precise, sporty electric car that drivers rank among the best-handling production cars; the touchscreen-heavy interface and high ownership costs draw the most criticism. Summary written by Claude from the comments below. ## What people warn about - Touchscreen-heavy, hard-to-adjust interface (3 comments in the sample): "it’s nice, but it’s clear that they’re still crap at computers and interfaces" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47712326)) "It literally is just a big minimalist computer screen…" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46956848)) "Taycan relies too heavily on touch. Not even vent directions are manually adjustable on a Taycan." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46956350)) - Expensive battery and ownership costs (2 comments in the sample): "The Porsche Taycan battery pack is $70K. The moment you have any issue at all with it, the car will be considered totaled." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46157491)) "I am looking at other EVs but can’t get over how expensive some are (e.g. Taycan" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48042756)) - Second-generation design looks dated (1 comment in the sample): "I love the original Taycan. It's too bad the second generation looks a bit more like BYD/Model 3" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48278618)) ## Why people recommend it - Precise, fun handling like a 911 (4 comments in the sample): "The Porsche Taycan and related Audi e-tron GT are considered basically the best-handling production cars built so far" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46958977)) "I think the Porsche Taycan and the Lucid Air Sapphire are fun to drive, competent performance vehicles." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46755789)) "I have a hard time finding a car which behaves more precisely and reliably on the street" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46693514)) - Top pick among electric cars (3 comments in the sample): "If money wasn't an object, I'd buy one EV: the Taycan Turbo S." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47467683)) "Taycan Turbo GT mogs any Plaid cult member." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46737039)) "IMO Taycan is the best electric model" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47059856)) - Nicely designed and pretty (2 comments in the sample): "It also shouldn't compete with the Porsche Taycan—a very nicely designed EV." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48277960)) "The Taycan sure is pretty though." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688100)) ## Other electric cars people recommend - [Tesla vehicles](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-vehicles/): 142 recommend, 49 mixed, 384 criticize - [BYD electric cars](https://hackerapproved.com/p/byd/): 124 recommend, 27 mixed, 50 criticize - [Tesla Model 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-model-3/): 88 recommend, 27 mixed, 103 criticize - [Ferrari Luce](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ferrari-luce/): 53 recommend, 73 mixed, 303 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.porsche.com/usa/models/taycan/) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Porsche Taycan", https://hackerapproved.com/p/porsche-taycan/ (8 recommend, 4 mixed, 10 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.