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Could be. It certainly felt like it was put together in a rush. Even the service writer thought so.

I think most people in the US work through dealers in the US, because there is a very long and detailed delivery process that takes place. You can't just put the car on a ship without preparing it first, then doing other stuff on arrival. For example, the high voltage battery needs to be put...

it sounds like you are contemplating importing your car from Germany. If this is the case, I would discourage you from doing this because, quite apart from all the import issues involved in getting a Euro-spec car into the US, you will be on your own when service or repair is needed. I don’t...

Do test drive the RWD and other models first. I have a GTS, and the loaner RWD I used for the last 3 weeks was noticeably noisier than my GTS. it wasn’t just because of the thermal/acoustic glass I had opted for. There was more gear and motor noise coming through the floor.

I have a GTS, and I am now driving a RWD loaner while the roof is being changed (infamous cracked roof issue). The first thing I noticed was what sounded like gear or motor noise in the RWD, similar to when my GTS is in sport+ and using first gear. In This RWD loaner, the sound is like a softer...

I don’t think that Apple Maps is getting real-time SoC data from the Taycan. Yesterday, I did a short 20+ mile trip where the actual arrival SoC was 2% higher than the actual SoC displayed by the car. Maybe there’s a bug in the iOS/car comms. So for now, don’t rely on Apple Maps when pushing...

Aha, I completely missed the green text next to each charging stop since the underlying map was also greenish. Not very helpful… also, one has to be zoomed in sufficiently for the text to appear. UI could do with improvement! Thank you!

This new Apple CarPlay navigation is great… but it doesn’t seem to tell you what SoC you will arrive with at each charging stop, and what SoC/charge time to charge to at each stop, unlike the Porsche Navigation system. Did I miss something?

It’s to cover the two holes that provide access to the crest on the bonnet. Just snap it back in.

Yes… all the stuff that makes a Taycan good to drive—air suspension, rear axle steering, wide performance tires, heat management system, nice stereo, etc.—all require energy. I would expect a Taycan to have the same range as a Tesla if stripped of these items and configured with exactly the...

The confusion probably stems from poor labeling, as @DougFrisk points out, as well as a general misunderstanding about the conversion losses in any EV’s system. I mean, there are still people out there who think they need to top up blinker fluid! 😁

This is what I got: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EUF6UM8 Bit of an overkill though.

The conversion of kinetic energy to chemical energy (i.e. battery charge is not lossless. When functioning as a generator, no motor converts 100% of mechanical energy to electrical energy. This electrical energy is AC, so it then has to be converted to DC before it can be used to charge the...

I don’t see these as mutually exclusive. Just use the brake as in an ICE car. If you brake, you use recuperation. If you don‘t, you coast. Porsche’s blended brake system means that it always uses recuperation to slow the car, unless it can’t. So you never are less efficient than one pedal...

Porsche is right… the round trip from recuperation is more inefficient than coasting. When power flows to the motors, it has to go through a DC/AC inverter, and during recuperation, there is a reverse AC/DC conversion. The motor itself also has losses. Suppose the motors are 98% efficient in...

Some utilities have rebates if you allow them to throttle the EVSE during times of peak demand. If you are interested in this, you’d need to get an EVSE that can work with your utilty. In my case, it was specific models from ChargePoint or Juicebox. Throttling is very unlikely if you are...

Is that a HVAC unit between the Taycan and 911?

Just throw it over into the back seats! ?

I was going to go for all these options since they affect handling otherwise why buy a Taycan right? :) I do need things like AWD to get up my steep, occasionally snow/ice covered driveway.

I'm primarily interested in 4s vs Turbo range... right now, the purchasing sweet spot appears to be the 4s. I'm thinking that the future GTS is really where I want to be, but it isn't out yet. Sub-300 mile real world range when the charging infrastructure isn't extensive or reliable is a...