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According to this article, 8 new CarPlay apps are coming in 2024, but might be specific to 2024 model cars, including -- Auto Settings: This app will let you manage paired iPhones and adjust vehicle settings. Car Camera: This app will display the vehicle's rear-view camera feed. Charge: For...

I pick up my granddaughter in my Taycan every week and take her to Starbucks to study math and then to a choir lesson. The drive segments are not very long, maybe 5 to 10 minutes max. During those times though my granddaughter complains of motion sickness. She sits in the backseat because of...

Not a Porsche, but an interesting concept for what the future might look like for RVs. Whether you like it or hate it, I think the move to electrification will bring many new concepts for transportation and lodging.

I thought some of you would find this IEEE Spectrum article interesting. It sounds like a lot of development is still needed, and God knows there would be a big infrastructure requirement, but it sure feels smarter and better in the long run than the Porsche e-Fuels...

I'm using Apple Maps via wireless CarPlay to handle routing for EV charging. Generally it works well, but once in a while I get a warning that the SOC in Apple Maps may no longer match the true SOC in the Taycan. In the past I've corrected this by deleting the Taycan from Apple Maps on your...

My wife's Lexus RX Hybrid is coming off warranty and we're in the market for a new vehicle for her. We love to hike in the Cascades where HVDC charging infrastructure is either weak or non-existent (even for a Tesla). I have also been waiting to hear from Porsche that they will move to NACS...

https://insideevs.com/news/689273/hyundai-kia-genesis-tesla-supercharger/

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2022-rivian-r1t-yearlong-review-update-10-running-out-of-battery/ Although the EV in questions is a Rivian R1T, the story of the interplay between the 12V battery and the vehicle state, coupled with the failure of the CCS locking mechanism was interesting...

Notified today that a new OTA update is coming. Not sure what is in it, so if anyone can provide a link to that information please do so. This notice applies to your vehicle: xxxxxxxxxxxxx5047 Porsche has developed FREE Over-The-Air (“OTA”) software updates...

So after over a year of discussion about the failures of the PMCC, one fact has always troubled me - @daveo4EV's problem with charging non-Taycan vehicles at home (for the latest post on this see here). Request #1 -- So I'd like to conduct a poll that asks anyone and everyone who has ever tried...

<UPDATE - After reading the comments to my original post, I dug into the source of the images and found information from a DOE website that can be found at this post below. It appears that data comes from the Department of Energy, and the percentages shown are for a Combined Drive Cycle which...

My PWCC just updated to version 6120 today. Has anybody else seen this and does anyone know what the update provides besides “stability, bug fixes, etc.”? Also, is there any place on the Porsche website where are you can find information about these sorts of releases? I’ve looked, but can’t...

I don't think much about what Toyota is doing in the EV space given how late they are to the party. At the same time this article got my attention and made me think that Porsche might also explore this area. https://www.motor1.com/news/567023/toyota-ev-manual-transmission/ There is also a...

Came across this article in Car and Driver about the possible look of the 2025 718 EV (starting price $78k). I like the look of the car and the way they seem to marry the Taycan and 718 in a 2 door Coupe and Convertible. Not a lot of news in the article - does anyone have info on the battery...

https://electrek.co/2023/06/23/washington-will-be-2nd-state-to-require-tesla-nacs-for-public-charger-money/

I was charging at an EA station two days ago when it unexpectedly stopped at 65%. I didn't bother trying to restart the charging process and decided to finish charging when I got home. So last night I go out to my 4s and plug in the charger and get the response "Already charged", but I was...

Just read this article from Car and Driver. It appears that EA will sometimes generate a fault in a charging vehicle, causing it to need repair to reset an internal circuit breaker that protects the high voltage battery. There are three cases mentioned, two of which involved vehicle repair...

After buying my Taycan out of lease I decided to PPF the front-end. There was one chip (1/8" diameter), and it was expertly repaired by Chis at SameDay USA in Redmond/Bellevue area. Then in it went for the PPF at Metropolitan Detail in Redmond. While I was there my Ice Gray was next to a...

I was trying to determine the length of warranty on the Taycan high voltage battery. My warranty manual says 8 years or 80,000 miles, but I recalled a higher number of miles (maybe 100,000) from somewhere so I searched online. I came across the the article How Long will a Porsche Taycan Last...

My neighbor asked me about my 4s and so I let her drive it and she was very impressed. She has been through track school and loved the way it handles compared to the Mercedes SLC she currently drives. After the drive, and because she wanted more info about a 4s, I gave her the name of my sales...