First DC charge for 4CT

[PSUEric]

Picked up the car early in the week and decided to try and verify DC charging worked. Short answer is yes, at the Yulee, Fl Fast Charger at Wildlight. The chargers were FPL EVolution (2 350s and 4 150s). A Rivian SUV was using one of the 350s and the 2nd was broken. The Rivian guy told he reported it over a month ago. Once I downloaded the app, I plugged into the 150 and with a 50% SOC got a little over a 100KW until I hit 80%, they slowly dropped down to 48KW at 90%. I unplugged at 95% SOC after 29 min 30 sec. An Ionic 6 with Quebec plates came after I started charging, read before how folks at chargers are friendly and both spoke about their cars and asked about the Porsche. Overall a positive first experience…

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[Crazymind]

The 4 charges at max 225kwh. I wonder if this is the reason why you could only get 108 out of the 150kw charger or if only depends on the charger itself.

 

[arijaycomet]

The 4 charges at max 225kwh. I wonder if this is the reason why you could only get 108 out of the 150kw charger or if only depends on the charger itself.

While this may be true ROW-- the North American market cars have the larger Performance Battery Plus as standard on the 4CT vehicles. Hence the OP's vehicle (like mine) has the larger battery capable of the full 270kW DC max speed.

 

[DougFrisk]

The 4 charges at max 225kwh. I wonder if this is the reason why you could only get 108 out of the 150kw charger or if only depends on the charger itself.

The Taycan 4 Cross Turismo has the big battery and can charge up to 270 KW. But battery temperature and state of charge have big impacts. At 45 degrees F I was able to get 55KW at a 350KW charger. Same day, after driving enough to get the battery up to 90 degrees F it charged at 178 KW on a 180 KW charger.

This pinned thread I ask and answer: Why won't my Taycan Charge as fast as I want it to? | TaycanForum -- Porsche Taycan Owners, News, Discussions, Forums has a handy graph that will let you see what kind of maximum rate you might see at a given battery temperature and charge state. If the temperature of the battery is below 70 F and the charge state is above 60% it's going to be kind of slow to downright glacial.

We do almost all of our charging at home so DC fast chargers are relegated to when we're on longer trips. What I've learned is that you charge right at the end of the drive not after the car has cooled down. I live in Duluth MN, about 150 miles from Minneapolis. What I've found is that stopping at the 180 KW charger 90 miles into the trip lets the car charge quite quickly but if I drive down, do my business and then charge after the battery has cooled down before returning home the charge rate is much slower. Even though the charge state is lower so is the battery temperature.

 

[Crazymind]

What is the CT 4S in USA? What the difference?

 

[DougFrisk]

What is the CT 4S in USA? What the difference?

About $18,000.

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