Kingske
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I typically drive in Nomal mode, occasionally in Sport mode (mainly to impress passengers while accelerating), and seldom in Range mode. Since several forum members described a changed car behavior in Range mode post-update, I decided to try Range mode again today on my 88 miles (142 km) run to and from the airport. 53 miles (86 km, 60%) were on the I-95 highway at 70-80 mph (~120 km/h) and 35 miles (56 km, 40%) on Route 1 at 60-65 mph (~100 km/h). The weather in central New Jersey was a bit more chilly today at 70F/21C. I kept my airco on ECO mode at 67F/19.5C and the battery temperature during the trip varied between 86F/30C and 91F/33C. As a first step I charged my battery to 99% SoC which projected 343 miles (552 km) of range. This translates into 346 miles (557 km) at 100%.
However, the garage was still 29C/84F because of the warmer weather lately. I also noticed that the WMA5 update reset my maximum speed in Range mode to 60 mph. Driving outside into cooler air and setting the maximum Range speed at 85 mph immediately reduced my projected range in the guessometer to 335 miles (539 km) at 99%.
Whereas I remember Range mode pre-update to be almost exclusively front-motor-pulled, it now seems that getting up to speed is mainly rear-motor-pushed whereas cruising still happens front-motor only. Upon returning from this trip, the remaining SoC was 74% and the projected range was 244 miles (393 km) which translates into 330 miles (531 km) at 100%. This is rather close tot the 338 miles (544 km)projection at 100% I started out with. Overall consumption during the trip (according to the Taycan's Trip screen) was 28.1 kWh/100mi (17.5 kWh/100km), so Range mode lives up to its name. Interesting final detail: switching from Range-max-85mph mode to Normal mode flipped the remaining 244 miles projected range into 238 miles (383 km). Not such a big penalty (2.5%). Some vital stats: 2020 Taycan 4S, big battery, 19" Aero wheels, manual charge port covers.
However, the garage was still 29C/84F because of the warmer weather lately. I also noticed that the WMA5 update reset my maximum speed in Range mode to 60 mph. Driving outside into cooler air and setting the maximum Range speed at 85 mph immediately reduced my projected range in the guessometer to 335 miles (539 km) at 99%.
Whereas I remember Range mode pre-update to be almost exclusively front-motor-pulled, it now seems that getting up to speed is mainly rear-motor-pushed whereas cruising still happens front-motor only. Upon returning from this trip, the remaining SoC was 74% and the projected range was 244 miles (393 km) which translates into 330 miles (531 km) at 100%. This is rather close tot the 338 miles (544 km)projection at 100% I started out with. Overall consumption during the trip (according to the Taycan's Trip screen) was 28.1 kWh/100mi (17.5 kWh/100km), so Range mode lives up to its name. Interesting final detail: switching from Range-max-85mph mode to Normal mode flipped the remaining 244 miles projected range into 238 miles (383 km). Not such a big penalty (2.5%). Some vital stats: 2020 Taycan 4S, big battery, 19" Aero wheels, manual charge port covers.
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