PNW Washington taycan owners

[whitex]

The charging algorithm seems to be “greedy” ie reach the target asap in the first window. That’s a bit annoying at times - I’m not driving it at the weekend much, so if I plug in Thu evening it will be ready for Monday by 4am Fri morning. ?

You can get EVSE’s which will give you more control over when and how fast. To take it to the extreme, get OpenEVSE and modfy the code (or just write your own scheduler and interface with the open API) to calculate the current to charge your Taycan evenly all weekend long, if you would rather it trickle charged for 60hrs - perhaps Porsche would appreciate such long term telemetry data, longevity of the battery and the car electronics, now kept ON a lot longer. Or, the lazy solution, just get a Level 1 charger and use it for weekend charging. Maybe you can disprove their “ not good to charge very slow for a long time” claim.

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[WasserGKuehlt]

Is it an issue at all if your home electric capacity allows maximum concurrent usage? If it doesn't matter, and the electric rate is flat, I don't see any reason to opt out of greedy charging to 85%.
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Similarly, it doesn't feel to me a bad thing if just let it get ready asap. Well this is assuming having the car sit with 85% battery for a couple of days won't do any harm by any means...

That's the part I'm not so confident about anymore - the car sitting for days at a high state of charge, in what will no doubt be a hot garage come summer. (I have no qualms about filling it to the brim as fast when I do need the charge.)

 

[WasserGKuehlt]

You can get EVSE’s which will give you more control over when and how fast. To take it to the extreme, get OpenEVSE and modfy the code (or just write your own scheduler and interface with the open API) to calculate the current to charge your Taycan evenly all weekend long, if you would rather it trickle charged for 60hrs - perhaps Porsche would appreciate such long term telemetry data, longevity of the battery and the car electronics, now kept ON a lot longer. Or, the lazy solution, just get a Level 1 charger and use it for weekend charging. Maybe you can disprove their “ not good to charge very slow for a long time” claim.

I did get an EVSE I thought was programmable (the Autel) but they have since withdrawn support for OCPP. Wish I knew about these guys (OpenEvse), I don't recall seeing them as an option when I did my research ~1 year ago.

 

[whitex]

I don't recall seeing them as an option when I did my research ~1 year ago.

Too bad you missed that option. If you like modifying code in your own products, it's the way to go. I got my OpenEVSE before I had my Taycan to use in some experiments.

 

[whitex]

That's the part I'm not so confident about anymore - the car sitting for days at a high state of charge, in what will no doubt be a hot garage come summer. (I have no qualms about filling it to the brim as fast when I do need the charge.)

85% is what Porsche recommends for daily charging, which means the car spends most of its life at that charge level, unless you have a very regular schedule and take the time to figure out the Porsche timers/profiles to charge the car only for departure (and if you trust it won't mess up, or else you'll need a backup car for days the timer/profile fails to charge the car).

I've had all my Teslas sit at 90% (their recommended max daily) and never experienced much degradation over the years.

 

[snstevens]

I found this Porsche publication about storage of a Taycan to be helpful.

 

[whitex]

I found this Porsche publication about storage of a Taycan to be helpful.

So even for long term storage, Porsche recommends 85% SoC

Step 1 seems a little odd, why charge to 50%, then do all the prep (steps 2-7), then plug in in step 8 which will immediately charge to 85%.

 

[snstevens]

Step 1 seems a little odd, why charge to 50%, then do all the prep (steps 2-7), then plug in in step 8 which will immediately charge to 85%.

Yeah. I don’t worry about skipping this first step. ?

 

[snstevens]

PNW Folks -- This Saturday Exotics@RTC is having its "German Car Day" at Redmond Town Center. I'm planning on going and showing the Taycan, and was wondering if any of you are also planning on being there - would love to catch up. DM me and I'll send you my cell phone number.

This event is run by Exotics @ Redmond Town Center. They put on an "exotic" car show every Saturday from late April through September. It goes from 9-11, and the entire thing is run by volunteers. If you are an asshole (or driving a Mustang) your car won't be allowed in. Police are nearby looking for idiots to give tickets to, so don't shown off Launch Control ?

Admission is free and generally it is a fun place to check out cars. Last Saturday German Car Day! was cancelled due to rain, and in general they cancel any Saturday the likelihood of rain is >30%.

Let me know if you decide to go!

 

[WasserGKuehlt]

@snstevens I’ll be going (but not showing). Was thinking of going to the Avants event at Griot’s, but this is much closer.

 

[Calaxer19]

Thanks for posting about the event! Would love to attend but out of town. Added it to my calendar for next year. Not to be negative but Apple forecast has a 31% chance of rain so fingers crossed.

 

[800v]

Let me know if you decide to go!

Thanks for the heads up -- I might come by

 

[jakeCT]

PNW Folks -- This Saturday Exotics@RTC is having its "German Car Day" at Redmond Town Center. I'm planning on going and showing the Taycan, and was wondering if any of you are also planning on being there - would love to catch up. DM me and I'll send you my cell phone number.

This event is run by Exotics @ Redmond Town Center. They put on an "exotic" car show every Saturday from late April through September. It goes from 9-11, and the entire thing is run by volunteers. If you are an asshole (or driving a Mustang) your car won't be allowed in. Police are nearby looking for idiots to give tickets to, so don't shown off Launch Control ?

Admission is free and generally it is a fun place to check out cars. Last Saturday German Car Day! was cancelled due to rain, and in general they cancel any Saturday the likelihood of rain is >30%.

Let me know if you decide to go!

rained out for June 1 unfortunately:
https://exoticsat.com/newsy/achtung-it-looks-like-were

 

[whitex]

I don't "show" my cars, but I found interesting the criteria to be admitted as a show car at the Exotics At Redmond Town Center, with regards to Taycans.

I honestly wonder if the show organizers or gate keepers could even tell a Taycan Turbo from a Taycan 4S or even the base Taycan without rear badges. Something tells me a good percentage of forum members here couldn't tell them apart without the badges (it is possible, but it's subtle, and you need to know your Taycan models, and they have to be stock/unmodified).

I get what they are trying to do by the way, only show cars which are rare in the area, and this being Redmond/Bellevue/Seattle area, $100K cars are not considered rare. It's just with the Taycan, majority of people really couldn't tell, unless they figure out a way to showcase performance (a Redmond Town Center Drag Strip?). My Taycan Turbo is a lot less "showy" than some base models, 4's, 4S or GTS'es that I've seen.

 

[snstevens]

And if you check the forecast, it appears that the chance of rain in the morning is now starting at 20% at 6 AM and 60% at noon. My guess is they’re going to delay the event one more week.

@whitex - appreciate that you read the admission criteria so closely. I don’t plan to show my 4S, but I do enjoy a good car show so will show up when the weather cooperates.

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