EA sucks but as someone pointed out - their marketing begs to differ.
Amazing that they spent so much money rebranding their chargers so that at least on the surface - the label of "super freaking blazingly fast" can hide the fact that a 350 charger still only goes to 100kwh. I guess we are...
All that free charging going to waste as I have been driving my Rivian on long distance trips now despite LOVING my CT4's.
Mostly to avoid EA deprecated service along the entire north east corridor that's gotten progressively WORSE.
Our tax dollars at work funding mediocrity...
free isn't...
I want to sue Porsche and EA.
EA for not maintaining any standard of maintenance or support
Porsche for an extra year of free charging
please contact me if you are a lawyer with class action experience as I have documented every charge since owning my CT4's almost two years now.
btw EA just...
EA desperately needs a class action lawsuit as they can't keep pretending to be in business if chargers go unfixed for 5-6 months (!!!) and climbing as I have seen in certain locations.
yet they have the ballz to put out marketing hype that they are changing the labels to reflect HyperFast...
Going to attempt to install escort max 360ci radar detector & laser deflector.
As I research the process, the one question is what's the easiest path between the front of the car to the interior where the key components are to be located. IE are there any obvious Gromet's or poke throughs...
And apology if any of the above was inarticulate- tired and I shouldn’t be on this forum doing this right now.
it’s illogical to top off a preheated car at high speed charger at low rate - when it works at all!
my prior experience was 350kw chargers starting at 40-50% state of charge would top...
Do this test as it’s kind of interesting
next time you are charging at any where above 70-80% SOC plug in at 350kw charger and you will see nebulous throughput vs plugging in at a 150 kw charger.
There’s something wrong with the algorithm they use with different charging rates.
my rough...
EA does seem to be making an effort in a sincere manner.
I am however incredibly frustrated with charging performance that clearly doesn’t meet marketing specs.
I praise EA for customer service while at the same time occasionally losing my sh$t with all the inconsistencies at their sites...
CT drives amazingly well in snow.
As the subject is specific to Taycans in cold climates - here are two engineering flaws…curious if anyone has a work around or if I am just dumb.
1. Any snow that collects on the hood turns into a solid block of ice if you don’t clear it quickly as there’s no...
Considering they are already constrained on chips and other items that have been impacting builds. I can only imagine that this hits the supply chain in a meaningful manner creating further production inconsistencies.
Excellent link as well. Great insight.
What’s perhaps most troubling is being the only one at a site on a cold evening when rates are low and having a pre-heated battery usually at 90-100.
I don’t expect perfection but so far batting ZERO as far as what was defined by engineering and sales...
I confirmed again at a charger in New Hampshire this weekend with my white Taycan CT that max throughput is 150kwh.
so I added another state to my list of and affirmed using all options, preheated battery, etc that these vehicles have either a hardware or software issue limiting them to...
Marketing for Porsche indicates fast charge times, yet I have yet to achieve anything close to a 270 kWh charge at any 350kw EA site across any of the 3 CT automobiles I own.
This covers multiple EA 350kwh sites in the following states
Florida
Virginia
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Rhode...
More fundamental is that marketing for Porsche indicates fast charge times, yet I have yet to achieve anything close to a 270 kWh charge at any 350kw EA site
Florida
Virginia
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Has anyone in the North East actually achieved 270kwh? If...
It took me an HOUR this evening to get a charger to work at the Providence RI Electrify America site.
I had to move my car 5 times. Use three different stations and 5 different cables and speak to two different EA reps.
an HOUR to get a charge started is f&cking idiotic.
And yes battery was...
One trick I learned to extend battery life is to only use active regen when in certain conditions instead learn to coast a little more esp on highways.
I use the regen now for gentle braking and in traffic. As you said- much better in winter conditions than jamming on the brakes.
Otherwise...
Making the trip again tomorrow. My plan is to use all the info to make it as quickly as possible and document it fully. Focus is a single 350kw charging session.
Confirming the 30 min session disco does work.
The only point I was trying to make about getting billed was having pulled the f-ing...