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Porsche Taycan’s touchscreens are not like Tesla’s, but that’s a good thing
Porsche has released teaser images of the Taycan’s interior, and the reception from the electric vehicle community has been somewhat mixed. The cabin of the upcoming all-electric sports car is arguably the most forward-thinking among Porsche’s lineup. It is also not difficult to see that the German carmaker adopted a theme that is notably different compared to Tesla’s ubiquitous and minimalistic cabin, but that is a good thing.
When Porsche was designing the Taycan, the company was not designing a vehicle like the Model 3. Instead, the company was designing an electric Porsche. In this sense, a degree of familiarity is needed, especially considering that among the Taycan’s target demographic are people that have long embraced the company’s other vehicles, such as the iconic 911.
This is a notable point, considering that the community’s aversion to the Taycan’s dash layout seemed to be due to the number of buttons and icons across the vehicle’s multiple touchscreens. Some comments noted that the only difference between the controls of the Taycan and something more traditional like the Cayenne is that the buttons are now touch-based instead of mechanical.
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- Porsche Taycan interior 5 touchscreens center armrest cupholders | Credit: Porsche
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- Porsche Taycan curved digital touchscreen instrument cluster | Credit: Porsche
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- Porsche Taycan center touchscreens armrest cupholders | Credit: Porsche
The Porsche Taycan is equipped with five touchscreens. Its instrument cluster, which has four Driving Modes, consists of a curved, rounded 16.8″ display with touch-enabled buttons on the sides. This is complemented by a central 10.9″ infotainment screen and a secondary display for the front passenger. An 8.4″ touch panel with haptic feedback stands as the Taycan’s fourth touchscreen, while a fifth, optional 5.9″ display is also available for rear-seat passengers to adjust climate control and other settings.
Porsche intends to adopt an aggressive rollout of electric and electrified vehicles in the near future, with the Taycan being the car to lead the charge. The Taycan must then strike a balance between traditional and progressive. Having a series of touch-based controls that are relatively similar to the controls the Porsche 911 and its other fleet of vehicles helps this case. Apart from this, the company has also highlighted that the Taycan’s touch displays are customizable, which means that drivers could adopt a more streamlined theme to their vehicles’ multiple touchscreens as needed. Having a fully digital display also gives Porsche the ability to gradually, and strategically, institute changes to its user interface design through software updates, and in a way that eases its audience into the age of modern user experiences.
But as it stands now, there is a certain degree of familiar ergonomics that is provided with the Taycan’s multiple touch displays. The optional touch panel on the passenger side, for one, allows passengers to navigate the vehicle’s functions without leaning over to the center console. The haptic feedback on the display at the center console is easily accessible from the passenger seat as well.
Ultimately, credit is due to Porsche for putting a notable amount of effort in developing a custom touch-based control system for the Taycan. It may not have the distinctly Silicon Valley-esque theme that is present in the Model 3, but the Taycan’s multiple digital touch-based controls show serious effort. It is, if any, notably better than the dual-screen infotainment system on the Audi e-tron, which appears to have been directly derived from an internal combustion vehicle.
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Elon Musk’s X goes down as users report major outage Friday morning
Error messages and stalled loading screens quickly spread across the service, while outage trackers recorded a sharp spike in user reports.
Elon Musk’s X experienced an outage Friday morning, leaving large numbers of users unable to access the social media platform.
Error messages and stalled loading screens quickly spread across the service, while outage trackers recorded a sharp spike in user reports.
Downdetector reports
Users attempting to open X were met with messages such as “Something went wrong. Try reloading,” often followed by an endless spinning icon that prevented access, according to a report from Variety. Downdetector data showed that reports of problems surged rapidly throughout the morning.
As of 10:52 a.m. ET, more than 100,000 users had reported issues with X. The data indicated that 56% of complaints were tied to the mobile app, while 33% were related to the website and roughly 10% cited server connection problems. The disruption appeared to begin around 10:10 a.m. ET, briefly eased around 10:35 a.m., and then returned minutes later.
Previous disruptions
Friday’s outage was not an isolated incident. X has experienced multiple high-profile service interruptions over the past two years. In November, tens of thousands of users reported widespread errors, including “Internal server error / Error code 500” messages. Cloudflare-related error messages were also reported.
In March 2025, the platform endured several brief outages spanning roughly 45 minutes, with more than 21,000 reports in the U.S. and 10,800 in the U.K., according to Downdetector. Earlier disruptions included an outage in August 2024 and impairments to key platform features in July 2023.
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Tesla wins top loyalty and conquest honors in S&P Global Mobility 2025 awards
The electric vehicle maker secured this year’s “Overall Loyalty to Make,” “Highest Conquest Percentage,” and “Ethnic Loyalty to Make” awards.
Tesla emerged as one of the standout winners in the 2025 S&P Global Mobility Automotive Loyalty Awards, capturing top honors for customer retention and market conquest.
The electric vehicle maker secured this year’s “Overall Loyalty to Make,” “Highest Conquest Percentage,” and “Ethnic Loyalty to Make” awards.
Tesla claims loyalty crown
According to S&P Global Mobility, Tesla secured its 2025 “Overall Loyalty to Make” award following a late-year shift in consumer buying patterns. This marked the fourth consecutive year Tesla has received the honor. S&P Global Mobility’s annual analysis reviewed 13.6 million new retail vehicle registrations in the U.S. from October 2024 through September 2025, as noted in a press release.
In addition to overall loyalty, Tesla also earned the “Highest Conquest Percentage” award for the sixth consecutive year, highlighting the company’s continued ability to attract customers away from competing brands. This achievement is particularly notable given Tesla’s relatively small vehicle lineup, which is largely dominated by just two models: the Model 3 and Model Y.
Ethnic market strength and conquest
Tesla also captured top honors for “Ethnic Market Loyalty to Make,” a category that highlighted especially strong retention among Asian and Hispanic households. According to the analysis, Tesla achieved loyalty rates of 63.6% among Asian households and 61.9% among Hispanic households. These figures exceeded national averages.
S&P Global Mobility executives noted that loyalty margins across categories were exceptionally narrow in 2025, underscoring the significance of Tesla’s wins in an increasingly competitive market. Joe LaFeir, President of Mobility Business Solutions at S&P Global Mobility, shared his perspective on this year’s results.
“For 30 years, this analysis has provided a fact-based measure of brand health, and this year’s results are particularly telling. The data shows the market is not rewarding just one type of strategy. Instead, we see sustained, high-level performance from manufacturers with broad portfolios. In the current market, retaining customers remains a critical performance indicator for the industry,” LaFeir said.
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Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft is heading to jury trial
The ruling keeps alive claims that OpenAI misled the Tesla CEO about its charitable purpose while accepting billions of dollars in funding.
OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft will face a jury trial this spring after a federal judge rejected their efforts to dismiss Elon Musk’s lawsuit, which accuses the artificial intelligence startup of abandoning its original nonprofit mission. The ruling keeps alive claims that OpenAI misled the Tesla CEO about its charitable purpose while accepting billions of dollars in funding.
As noted in a report from Bloomberg News, a federal judge in Oakland, California, ruled that OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft failed to show that Musk’s claims should be dismissed. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers stated that while the evidence remains unclear, Musk has maintained that OpenAI “had a specific charitable purpose and that he attached two fundamental terms to it: that OpenAI be open source and that it would remain a nonprofit — purposes consistent with OpenAI’s charter and mission.”
Judge Gonzalez Rogers also rejected an argument by OpenAI suggesting that Musk’s use of an intermediary to donate $38 million in seed money to the company stripped him of legal standing. “Holding otherwise would significantly reduce the enforcement of a large swath of charitable trusts, contrary to the modern trend,” Judge Gonzalez Rogers wrote.
The judge also declined to dismiss Musk’s fraud allegations, citing internal OpenAI communications from 2017 involving co-founder Greg Brockman. In an email cited by the judge, fellow OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis informed Musk that Brockman would “like to continue with the non-profit structure.”
Just two months later, however, Brockman wrote in a private note that he “cannot say that we are committed to the non-profit. don’t want to say that we’re committed. if three months later we’re doing b-corp then it was a lie.”
Marc Toberoff, a member of Musk’s legal team, said Judge Gonzalez Rogers’s ruling confirms that “there is substantial evidence that OpenAI’s leadership made knowingly false assurances to Mr. Musk about its charitable mission that they never honored in favor of their personal self-enrichment.”
OpenAI, for its part, maintained that Musk’s legal efforts are baseless. In a statement, the AI startup said it is looking forward to the upcoming trial. “Mr. Musk’s lawsuit continues to be baseless and a part of his ongoing pattern of harassment, and we look forward to demonstrating this at trial. We remain focused on empowering the OpenAI Foundation, which is already one of the best-resourced nonprofits ever,” OpenAI stated.
Elon Musk’s X goes down as users report major outage Friday morning
Tesla wins top loyalty and conquest honors in S&P Global Mobility 2025 awards
