DC charging

[Glenn]

Hi
I'm about to do a road trip to France. Have had my Taycan 4S for about 3 months now and only DC charged it once, short top up to test the Porsche charge card. I have read many threads here about charging and profiles and am happy enough with my home set up / profile.

I have 2 brief questions, looking for confirmation on:

1. For DC charging - can I set a limit to charge to, e.g. 80%? From what I've read, it seems that profiles are ignored for DC charging and you have to manually stop the charge if you dont want to go to 100%.

2. If I have 2 profiles active; A location profile for home and a non location profile... will the non location one kick in when charging on AC when not at home?

Thanks

Glenn

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[tigerbalm]

1. For DC charging - can I set a limit to charge to, e.g. 80%? From what I've read, it seems that profiles are ignored for DC charging and you have to manually stop the charge if you dont want to go to 100%.

Correct, DC charging ignores profiles and will charge the car to 100% unless manually stopped.

2. If I have 2 profiles active; A location profile for home and a non location profile... will the non location one kick in when charging on AC when not at home?

It should. When I road-trip though, I just set the "Direct Charging" option on the car so it always tries to charge to 100% when plugged into AC. Which is generally what you want when on a road-trip. Some public AC chargers are able to override the car's profile settings by announcing that they are a public charger – nobody wants a car using up a charger just sitting there on a timer waiting to start.

 

[Glenn]

Correct, DC charging ignores profiles and will charge the car to 100% unless manually stopped.



It should. When I road-trip though, I just set the "Direct Charging" option on the car so it always tries to charge to 100% when plugged into AC. Which is generally what you want when on a road-trip. Some public AC chargers are able to override the car's profile settings by announcing that they are a public charger – nobody wants a car using up a charger just sitting there on a timer waiting to start.

Thanks Damien - very helpful.

 

[tigerbalm]

Thanks Damien - very helpful.

No worries. Enjoy your trip; the IONITY network in France is now at a very advanced stage and is very reliable.

Here are some of my road trips that might be relevant:

• https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/western-europe-taycan-road-trip-report.6491/
• https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/taycan-to-the-alps-18-day-road-trip-2022.12402/

 

[anonymouse]

Yes, DC charging will keep going. Typically on a road trip you want to be in and out in 20 minutes so departing when it gets to something like 80% is a good idea.

Try A Better Route Planner -- I use that for all Eurotrips. It will work out an optimised charging plan for your day, so you run your battery low enough to get fast charge rates.

If you are staying at hotels overnight with an AC charger, make sure your PCM navigation does NOT have tomorrow's destination in it. If you leave a destination set, the Porsche will (stupidly) conclude that you have chargers on the way tomorrow so there is no need to charge now. And in the morning your car will be uncharged.

 

[Glenn]

Yes, DC charging will keep going. Typically on a road trip you want to be in and out in 20 minutes so departing when it gets to something like 80% is a good idea.

Try A Better Route Planner -- I use that for all Eurotrips. It will work out an optimised charging plan for your day, so you run your battery low enough to get fast charge rates.

If you are staying at hotels overnight with an AC charger, make sure your PCM navigation does NOT have tomorrow's destination in it. If you leave a destination set, the Porsche will (stupidly) conclude that you have chargers on the way tomorrow so there is no need to charge now. And in the morning your car will be uncharged.

Good tip re: next day destination in the PCM Nav. Will remember that! Thanks

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