Charging woes

[vroomer]

Interested in getting some advice from the charging gurus...

I recently charged my 2023 GTS at the Napa Factory Outlet EA Station:
https://www.electrifyamerica.com/locate-charger/ca/napa/629-factory-stores-drive/110003/
There are 2 150kW and 2 350kW chargers at this location.

It was in the morning and I was the only one there. I used the navigation, set the destination and preconditioned the battery on my way to the station.
Obviously picked one of the 350kW chargers. SOC was 56% with battery temp 91 ° F.

The max charging rate I saw was about 110 kW. With a warm battery, 350kW charger, lone car with a mid-SOC.
I was hoping for >200kW or at least 150kW!

Along these lines, at other EA chargers, the max I have seen with my car has been ~160-170 kW briefly with SOC 10-20%.
Most often I get max charging speeds around 120 kW with both 150 and 350 kW (Balanced) chargers.

Reviewing the various Taycan charging curves on this forum and posted elsewhere, it seems that people are getting better charging rates than I am.

What gives? Do you all see a problem that should I bring to the dealer's attention and have them investigate?
Feel free to call me out on my whining...

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[daveo4EV]

not enough information to know - but 350 kW charging can only happen if the local charger has sufficient battery capacity to boost the charge rate

my guess is that the EA chargers are the limiting factor - 350/270 kW is the potential charge rate - but not guaranteed - chargers limit their output all the time for reasons that only the network operator knows about and only if they review the logs.

not your fault, and not under your control.

 

[W1NGE]

Interested in getting some advice from the charging gurus...

I recently charged my 2023 GTS at the Napa Factory Outlet EA Station:
https://www.electrifyamerica.com/locate-charger/ca/napa/629-factory-stores-drive/110003/
There are 2 150kW and 2 350kW chargers at this location.

It was in the morning and I was the only one there. I used the navigation, set the destination and preconditioned the battery on my way to the station.
Obviously picked one of the 350kW chargers. SOC was 56% with battery temp 91 ° F.

The max charging rate I saw was about 110 kW. With a warm battery, 350kW charger, lone car with a mid-SOC.
I was hoping for >200kW or at least 150kW!

Along these lines, at other EA chargers, the max I have seen with my car has been ~160-170 kW briefly with SOC 10-20%.
Most often I get max charging speeds around 120 kW with both 150 and 350 kW (Balanced) chargers.

Reviewing the various Taycan charging curves on this forum and posted elsewhere, it seems that people are getting better charging rates than I am.

What gives? Do you all see a problem that should I bring to the dealer's attention and have them investigate?
Feel free to call me out on my whining...

Normal id say and nothing to worry about.

This is similar to my experiences.

Suspect local infrastructure throttling which you can't control.

Was the PCM option to limit high speed charging enabled in the charging menu per chance?

 

[Tooney]

Likely it is that EA site, not your car.
Take a look at driver checkins on plugshare.com for comparison: https://www.plugshare.com/location/314168
(look for recent results from cars with similar charging rates)

And, hey, be happy your EA charging rates are better than those of @Jonathan S.

 

[Jonathan S.]

^ I had been about to write exactly that!

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