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Of course not. The issue is that it's not "the firmware update". It's 30+ separate firmware updates all connected across a serial data bus. Car companies still build cars as cars, with different teams responsible for different subsystems and not one software team for all parts. The infotainment...

It's just the nature of the beast, like ICE cars not having any heat until the engine warms up. There's no designing around the fact that putting hot water through the AC system reduces the ability to cool air, as it's already designed to open that valve only when the radiator can't cool down...

I'm not sure where you think there's an argument about heat pumps. You are arguing with the basic facts that can be verified from a parts diagram or a simple look inside your car. Not all EVs have water/HVAC heat exchangers to supplement the cooling system. Not all EVs even have heat pumps to...

I’m not sure where you got this idea, but it is 100% false. Just like any other water-cooled car, the primary source of cooling is the thermal mass in the coolant, radiator, and air moving through because of the giant fan in the front. Crazy take. That is precisely why there is a radiator and...

For the same reason that AC is turned off for ICE cars in track mode. Running the cabin climate system uses power and generates heat, both of which take away from the highest possible performance.

Yes, that is exactly the case. The 3 coolant pumps and the radiator are, of course and as with all cars, the primary source of thermal control for the water-cooled components in the drivetrain. I'm not sure where you're seeing anything different. The AC compressor is not doing the heavy...

Heat pumps move heat but are not equally effective at both cooling and heating, especially when the two air sources are radically different in volume, which is the case for a car's cabin vs. the outside world. Automotive heat pumps have a large amount of heat they can capture from "outside" air...

There is a heat pump and an exchange manifold, but the car's primary cooling of both the battery and the cabin do not rely on heat pumps (the only time the heat pump takes the lead on anything is generating cabin heat in winter). The primary means of cabin cooling is a standard automotive AC...

Such a funny visual! I've found that just leaning over the console toward the passenger seat is enough to spot them, or reaching through the cupholders to feel them out works. But they are definitely tucked up there.

The general idea is that the USB ports serve storage spaces and should work with things plugged in out of sight. People generally don't frequently connect or disconnect things from the car side, and leaving a cable loosely across the center console is not a look everyone enjoys. You can always...

The switches and controls are shared with every other 2025 Porsche model. There's nothing different in the 911 than in the Macan. Correct. The leather is the same. The plastics are the same. The switchgear is the same. The steering wheels are the same. The displays are the same. The seats are...

...which takes you to the exact page with superseding information that says MFi is not required for all use cases and providing alternative means of access to that entitlement. You will find no cars listed on the MFi program database. You will find no car advertising an MFi accessory label. And...

Setting aside the hilarity that those links were shared earlier in the thread by me, the MFi requirement of yours is just as fictional as everything else you're inventing. Straight from the "Who does not need to join" section of the MFi program website: "Developers and manufacturers of...

You do not need to be part of the MFi program for CarKey. Which is the entirety of the hardware requirements for CarKey. Apple has not been cagey about this. You keep referring to secrecy around business agreements, none of which has anything to do with this. You're talking in complete circles...

What I really wish is that the left tube speedometer had the power/regen layout of the one in the center. I prefer to have maps or the ADAS visualization in the center, but the basic speedometer on the left isn't worth the screen space it takes up without the battery/motor info.

We DO know what Apple requires. There are cars on the market, today, with support for this feature. Those features are set by an industry trade group that includes Apple and multiple vehicle manufacturers (Porsche included), utilizing hardware that actually exists for purchase. CarKey is a...

MFi accessory certification does not have any special hardware requirements for CarKey. I am not sure what you're basing all this on, as there is no Apple-specific hardware requirement for CarKey beyond CCC compliance. A random hypothetical that Apple "could" require something proprietary for...

Apple is a member of CCC, along with Porsche. The whole point of creating the CCC standard is to avoid this fracturing of hardware requirements. I am not violating any NDA. Again, the CCC standard is published. You can get your hands on it yourself very easily and legally by becoming a member.

The UWB requirements have been posted since 2021. The hardware certification is not Apple's. It's Car Connectivity Consortium's Digital Key Release 3.0 or higher. This hardware is in the Macan. It is a published standard. That's NFC, not UWB.

Right, but battery SoH is not standardized or meaningful, and is not a metric people who are afraid of EV longevity even know about. The data that is available is exactly what's researched about degradation, which is highly consistent across manufacturers, use cases, and battery...