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This study was just published this morning, examining the reliability and availability of CCS chargers in 9 SF Bay Area counties. I was one of the lucky victims who helped collect data for the study, but the results are interesting and I'm sharing since others might care. The groups funding...

A question, and an answer: - Is your battery pre-conditioned and at a temperature that enables high-speed charging? Rolling up to a charger with your battery temp at 50 or 60 degrees is going to yield really low charge rates. - You can change the display to kW simply by tapping on the line that...

I've been consistently seeing peak speeds of 175 kW on the 150 kW ABB Electrify America chargers nearest to my house (at Crystal Springs and also the Hillsdale BofA). SoC of the Taycan needs to be below 25% and battery temp has to be in the zone, but I was very pleasantly surprised. And as you...

I can +1 this. We have had HCS-D50 dual charger system since Summer 2020 and it has performed like a champ.

Did you drive the ID.4 AWD, or RWD? The difference in power and even handling is pretty remarkable. The AWD is a whole different (and much better) vehicle. Its suspension seems even better sorted than in the RWD (and I really did like that about the RWD), and it finally has much more torque and...

Agreed on the recommendation for Firebaugh. I will note that at least one of the chargers in Bakersfield by the Panera is in fact 350 kW.

At least with PIRM, the car does factor elevation, temperature, and road conditions into the prediction and route planning. IME it's quite good these days (it wasn't when I first got the car, though).

While you can adjust the level road 65 mph consumption, the real problem with ABRP is the model. It's simply far too conservative for Taycan. For what it's worth, I have a 2020 Turbo and PIRM, and I've used the app recently on a couple of longer road trips (SoCal from SF, and Death Valley from...

FWIW, I've successfully charged my 2020 Turbo at rates that match Porsche's claimed performance on more than fifteen occasions now. If you get to a 350 kW charging station with a low SoC and a pre-conditioned battery, the 'typical' experience (for me at 7 unique charging locations throughout...

Frankly I don't care about colored icons, but I am overall really pissed about what feels like the end of the line when I've only had my car for about 18 months. Porsche think they want to charge me $30/month at some point for connected services on a car that they essentially abandoned after...

I can clearly list my complaints: - Charging setup (things like Timers) are now buried and take many (slow) taps to access - My car shows a 'charging error' every time I bring up the app. No such errors in the car itself. - Continues like the previous app to be INSANELY S---L---O---W at...

There's an important exception: if you have a destination set in the Porsche nav, the car will use the road speeds, terrain, and weather enroute to inform the range estimate. So in that case it looks forward.

Would love to join, but unfortunately I'm already booked for the 4th.

I routinely see 175 kW charging at the nearby 150 kW EA chargers. As someone else noted, the real limit for a charger is the amps it can provide, and the wattage will be higher at a given amperage output if the voltage is higher (as it is in Taycan). I also saw a Lucid Air pull over 160 kW from...

Perhaps I'm being too pedantic, but CarPlay does not work over Bluetooth, ever. It's either USB or WiFi. It is true that you can set up the initial pairing handoff using Bluetooth, but Bluetooth actually doesn't have enough bandwidth for what CarPlay is doing (which is basically sharing a...

FWIW, I've been using iCloud Private Relay since last June, and I haven't seen any change in the connection behavior for CarPlay in my 2020 Turbo. It was always slow and flaky, and has remained that way. What you're describing sounds like you're not using CarPlay, but a bluetooth audio...

That article is actually regarding a different car, the 'K1' that was shown in concept form to dealers a few months ago.' It's a larger crossover MPV-like vehicle (think Panamera on stilts), and I think Porsche is very sensitive to how they can make it a Porsche and not a re-badged VW minivan...

FWIW I drive my Turbo pretty hard and have 17K miles on the Continental 21" tires w/ no abnormal wear issues.

Also, in my experience I get closer to 175 kW peak rates from EA's 150 kW chargers when I'm at the ideal SoC and battery temp.

Will note that the car is a Turbo, not a Turbo S. I have no idea how the efficiency compares between the two powertrains, though I suspect it's quite similar since I have both the power charge ports and the 21" Mission E wheels on my Turbo. Congrats on the new car!