Good solid article on 'Charging Logistics' for 2022-23 Taycans in the US

[ciaranob]

Came across this article by accident when searching for something else but albeit a tad verbose, it covers most of the questions newbies and veterans might ask re charging our Taycan's quite comprehensively - written by a couple of TX enthusiasts and posted of all places on a Scuba Diving site!!

https://www.divegearexpress.com/taycan-charging

Have some different opinions re max. power delivery from DC chargers at certain SoC's but minor points.

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[anonymouse]

Came across this article by accident

good stuff but so many words! It would be a bit triggering for those from the TikTok generation

 

[ciaranob]

good stuff but so many words! It would be a bit triggering for those from the TikTok generation

Indeed - trick would to go to the section thats of most interest I guess!

 

[violuma]

It's also triggering for us dyslectics wondering what a "J1727 socket" is.

 

[Tooney]

Without comment:

The 150kW/400VDC on-board charging option (KM2) enables the Taycan to accept 150 kW via a 400VDC supply, otherwise the Taycan is limited to 50kW via a 400VDC supply. In the US, only the Telsa Supercharging stations over 50kW are 400 volts so the KM2 option is currently of little benefit in the US where all the non-Tesla charging stations over 50kW are 800 volts. Tesla has announced a "Magic Dock" adapter for their Supercharger equipment that will enable a Taycan with the KM2 option to use Tesla Superchargers, however as of early 2023 this functionality has very limited availability in the US.​

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* In Summer 2022, Porsche stated their chargers had issues with overheating at higher charging current settings, with a resulting increase in risk of fire, and recommended the current setting be reduced to a maximum of 50% for the PMC+ or 30A for the PMCC regardless of a greater supply circuit capacity, severely impacting charging times. In January 2023, Porsche revised their recommendations, stating that there is nothing wrong with their mobile charger; blaming the issues on "inadequate" household electrical systems and more specifically calling out the 50A electrical outlet. They now state charger may be operated at 100% current setting when using the recommended Hubbell brand receptacle with an adequate household electrical system.​

 

[ciaranob]

It's also triggering for us dyslectics wondering what a "J1727 socket" is.

You mean the J1772 - Just the numeric for the std plug-receiver setup all EV's including your Taycan other than Tesla come with in the US - well until recently! As you may have read a number of vehicle manufacturers are including the Tesla plug specification as std. with future EV models - that or they will provide an adapter as Tesla currently does to allow Tesla cars to use e.g. EA infrastructure that has the J1772.

 

[violuma]

You mean the J1772

That's what I was suggesting somebody should tell the author of the piece.

 

[ciaranob]

That's what I was suggesting somebody should tell the author of the piece.

Doh! Sorry obviously needed more coffee !!

 

[vroomer]

J1727 > J1772 fixed!

 

[violuma]

J1727 > J1772 fixed!

I need to get one of those "DYSLEXICS UNTIE!" T-shirts.

Thanks for your effort, whether you are the author or just somebody who bothered to actually point it out to them constructively instead of just kvetching like me.

 

[vroomer]

not the author by any stretch, just sent an email to the webmaster

 

[Edward]

In a somewhat condensed form, this would make a great article for Panorama magazine. But I'm sure they'd get hate mail from the air cooled / ICE-forever crowd. ?

 

[n2diving]

I've made some substantial edits to shorten and reorganize the content with some updates to bring it to September 2023. A few dyslexic spelling errors plus search and replace typos have been corrected. The URL has been moved to https://www.n2diving.net/taycan-charging.html but the previous URL 301 redirects to the new URL.

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