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Explain how to read the consumption info that we read out in our Taycans. E.g, 34.3 kWs. = what?
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kW is power or a rate of energy.
34.3 kW, if used continuously for one hour, would use 34.3kWh of energy.
A performance plus battery has 83.7kWh of user-accessible energy storage.
So, you can use use energy at a rate of 34.3 kW for about 2 hours and 26 minutes from that battery (going from 100% to 0%).

However...

I don't think that's what you're looking at or mean to ask.

More likely, you are looking at kWh/100mi.

kWh is a unit of energy. 34.3kWh is an amount of energy. Per 100mi means it takes that much energy to travel 100 miles.

Using again the 83.7 kWh battery capacity, that means you can travel 244 miles (going from 100% to 0%).

Think of a kWh as something similar to a gallon of gas.

You put gas in your car.
You measure it in gallons.
You use 4 gallons per 100 miles or 4 gal/100mi.

You put energy in your battery.
You measure it in kWh.
You use 34.3 kWh per 100 miles or 34.3kWh/100mi.
 
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kW is power or a rate of energy.
34.3 kW, if used continuously for one hour, would use 34.3kWh of energy.
A performance plus battery has 83.7kWh of user-accessible energy storage.
So, you can use use energy at a rate of 34.3 kW for about 2 hours and 26 minutes from that battery (going from 100% to 0%).

However...

I don't think that's what you're looking at or mean to ask.

More likely, you are looking at kWh/100mi.

kWh is a unit of energy. 34.3kWh is an amount of energy. Per 100mi means it takes that much energy to travel 100 miles.

Using again the 83.7 kWh battery capacity, that means you can travel 244 miles (going from 100% to 0%).

Think of a kWh as something similar to a gallon of gas.

You put gas in your car.
You measure it in gallons.
You use 4 gallons per 100 miles or 4 gal/100mi.

You put energy in your battery.
You measure it in kWh.
You use 34.3 kWh per 100 miles or 34.3kWh/100mi.
 
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Exactly what I wanted. Helps me exploit my family members more easily! Thanks.
 

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Note that you can also switch this display to mi/kWh, which is more analogous to mpg.

mpg is miles per gallon, or mi/gal.

And remember kWh is like gallons of gas and miles is...well that's still miles. No change there.

So mi/gal is similar to mi/kWh.

Although, a gallon of gas has more than 1kWh of energy, so the mi/kWh number will be lower overall. But the unit type ratio is the same, so increasing/decreasing values have the same meaning.

Higher mi/kWh (3.5, 4.0, etc) is more efficient than lower numbers (2.5, 2.0, etc).

It's inverse if you are looking at either kWh/mi or kWh/100mi.
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