Taycan Secret Tips and Functions

[bluedonkey]

I read on other threads that this GPS auto location feature was hugely hit and miss and/or took too long to recognize your location - hence the query re voice activation. So in your experience the auto-location feature has been seamless and consistent?

Yes, both for home link and for suspension lift locations.

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[bluedonkey]

One that took me a while to find was that tapping on the “miles per minute” value on the charging display while you’re charging toggles it to show current KW being delivered.

 

[B61]

I read on other threads that this GPS auto location feature was hugely hit and miss and/or took too long to recognize your location - hence the query re voice activation. So in your experience the auto-location feature has been seamless and consistent?

I've been told (by salesman) that auto location might be also used to change to Gravel mode, and/or to lift up the vehicle on max heights as well.
If it works slow, you can set that few hundred meters before, right?

 

[haltun]

Here is what mine looks like:

Tab appears only in park position in my car.

 

[W1NGE]

Tab appears only in park position in my car.

On all Taycans.

 

[feye]

it depends on your SOC when departing, if it is very high there cannot be any regen because there is no place any kw derived from using regen to go

I always have regen, even after charging to 100%.

 

[MJDCT]

Nice thread, many thanks for the tips.

 

[kort]

I always have regen, even after charging to 100%.

is that so? where does the energy captured by regen go when the battery is full?

 

[W1NGE]

is that so? where does the energy captured by regen go when the battery is full?

...to the Fairies I think!

 

[feye]

is that so? where does the energy captured by regen go when the battery is full?

To the buffer? I am not eating car chips for lunch, what do I know what the BMS does?

I always charge to 100% and I always have available regen when I drive down my little mountain.

 

[Dee]

To the buffer? I am not eating car chips for lunch, what do I know what the BMS does?

I always charge to 100% and I always have available regen when I drive down my little mountain.

When you "short circuit" an electric motor it'll slow down, it's an electric brake...
Same principle is used in RC cars, it's like two (electro)magnets opposite to each other: they can attract or repel each other instead of using the induction for generating power.

 

[Jhenson29]

@Dee I think the issue being raised is, where does the energy go?

@kort is correct that if the battery is full, there’s no where for it to go.

@feye is correct that 100% SoC is not equal to the battery being full.

But beyond those points…if you are recup’ing energy, that energy came from somewhere, and that somewhere is the battery*. And since you will always recup less that you use*, there should always be battery available for recup*, even when starting at 100%.

*excluding external forces.

 

[Dee]

@Dee I think the issue being raised is, where does the energy go?

Magnetic friction.
Free destroying of energy without (much) heat.
Magnetism is so cool.

 

[Jhenson29]

Magnetic friction.
Free destroying of energy without (much) heat.
Magnetism is so cool.

I’m sorry, but I don’t think this is correct. You aren’t destroying energy. You are converting it. And if it’s not going into the battery, then it’s going into heat. And it’s unlikely the motor can handle the heat dissipation on its own. It almost certainly requires braking resistors.

Citing almost two decades of induction and permanent magnet motor control. ?

 

[feye]

When you "short circuit" an electric motor it'll slow down, it's an electric brake...
Same principle is used in RC cars, it's like two (electro)magnets opposite to each other: they can attract or repel each other instead of using the induction for generating power.

I know. All I am saying is, that after every charging to 100% then driving down, I always have some recup (green bar on the left of the power meter) left. I'll take some pics next time.

Considering, that the green bar varies based on SoC, can we assume, that it means how much charging power the battery can still absorb? If the answer is yes, then based on my observation, there is always some charging left, even when the BMS reports SoC 100%.

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