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    Best home charger for the Taycan?

    If you have 220v to 240v power at 40 amps in your home somewhere near where you want to charge your EV, then there are a number of home EV chargers you can use. They all work basically the same. I use a 40 amp EVSE (the device which goes between your house power and your car) which has a timer...
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    Battery capacity and range estimates

    Not to bash Tesla when they are down but ... "Tesla Cybertruck Owners Who Drove 10,000 Miles Say Range Is 164 To 206 Miles" I own a Tesla long range Y and a Taycan RWD and both give me around the same range, winter or summer. I believe the problem with the Tesla is (besides Tesla's inflated...
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    Heating Failure

    My heater failed last week. I didn't notice it (I normally keep the cabin temperature low and the seat heater on). My wife mentioned to me that the inside temperature felt cold. I brought my car in yesterday, the dealer verified the heater needed to be replaced and it was fixed that day. While...
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    Battery capacity and range estimates

    I'm on the TMC forum and from other postings, what I see is entirely normal. There are three levels of phantom power drain: - with Sentry mode on (up to 8% loss per day) - with Sentry mode off but with the Tesla app active (reports are 3 to 4% loss per day) - with Sentry mode and the Tesla app...
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    Battery capacity and range estimates

    No. With Sentry mode on, I lose around 7% per day. With Sentry mode off, I lose around 4% per day. Its pretty easy to see. When I get home from workx around 7pm, I take a picture of the Tesla screen, and then take it again the next morning (14 hours later) when I'm getting ready for work. Some...
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    Battery capacity and range estimates

    I have both a Taycan RWD and a Tesla model Y. From a range point of view, I find exactly the opposite: the Taycan is more accurate when calculating range. I normally charge at home once a week to 85% on both the Taycan and the model Y. On the model Y in a week, I'll get around 150 miles in...
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    Range complaint posts ❓

    I own both a Tesla long range model Y and a Taycan RWD. The Taycan RWD always get longer range than the Tesla. I can't speak for the model S or any other set of Porsche/Tesla's, but in my opinion the Tesla model Y range is overstated. So much so and they have so many complaints about poor range...
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    [Perspective] - A happy Taycan owner road trip’s his Daughter’s Model Y…

    As an owner of both a Taycan and a long range Y, I offer my two cents: Agreed. I wish all cars had 'phone as key'. Agreed. While I don't often charge at a public EA charger, the weight of the CCS cable is not for the faint of heart. The Tesla cable is lighter and easier to maneuver. Disagree...
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    Brake wear vs. frequency of charging

    Sentry mode is off. With sentry mode ON, I lose 7%. With Sentry mode off, I lose around 4% (I need to check this on multiple days due to rounding). I screen shot state-of-charge when I leave my car so I know what I have lost due to phantom power drain. Obviously you haven't read this: Tesla...
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    Brake wear vs. frequency of charging

    All Tesla's suffer from severe phantom power drain (use of battery power when not driving the car). That's why Tesla owners have been advised "Always Be Charging". When you're charging daily, you don't notice phantom power drain. I lose between 4% and 7% per day with my Tesla Y while its...
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    OTA Software Update (July 17, 2023)!

    Does anyone know if this is a special registration just for this update? Or is this just the registration for the MyPorsche account? I looked at both the MyPorsche app on my iPhone and online at porsche.com and there was no indication of any kind of registration. And no, I did not watch the...
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    'Hey Porsche', can you really be this bad?

    I added an Amazon Echo Auto to my Taycan and Tesla to change music, send text messages and make phone calls: "Alexa, what time is it?", "Alexa, resume Pandora", "Alexa, play John Prine on Amazon music", "Alexa, call home", "Alexa, text blahblahblah". The Taycan has a big added benefit that Echo...
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    What is your Taycan Range after X miles, Let's get some data

    2022 Taycan RWD about 10k miles on summer 21” tires. Went to a wedding in New Jersey over the weekend. Hot so the A/C was on the entire trip. Started with 100%, drove 241 miles, guess-o-meter showing 53 miles still available. I think the 53 mile number is pretty accurate since I kept an eye on...
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    Do you drive around with your PMCC?

    While I carry my PMC+ (which came with my Taycan) in the frunk, the places where I drive away from home (summer house and visiting the kids) have great destination chargers so I have never used mine. I guess its time for it to go. Of course, Murphy's Law says the next time I take a trip I'll...
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    Taycan Brakes fail in wet conditions - NHTSA complaint March 2, 2023

    While I personally have not experienced this brake failure, I feel the pain of anyone who has. I think what's happening is this: at certain times of the day (the first drive of the day), Porsche turns off regen braking and instead uses 100% mechanical brakes. It does this to 'bed'' the...
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    Ferrari sports sound

    If its not loud enough, then this is not accomplishing the purpose, which is to make EVs safer.
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    Ferrari sports sound

    I don’t know about the UK, but in the US there is a law which requires all EVs to have sound (noise) when the car is driven below 15 mph. The sound cannot be turned off. The law doesn’t state what the sound needs to be, but the intent is to prevent pedestrians from walking in front of silent EVs...
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    NEW 2023 BURMESTER OPTION IS 6K

    Is it worth the cost? I have Bose, which is fine, but I’m looking at 2024 for a new Taycan.
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    First U.S. Tesla Supercharger Location With Universal "Magic Dock" CCS Compatible Plug Potentially Discovered

    What I find interesting here is that this supercharger station is about 2 miles from the SpaceX HQ and the Tesla design center in Hawthorne. I wonder if the Tesla engineers in Hawthorne are doing some testing with non-Tesla EVs.
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    Amperage to home requirements- is this correct?

    I humbly disagree. I ran 2 A/C units in Los Angeles with a pool and a 60 amp circuit for the EVSE on less than 200 amps. You need to run the numbers. Its not hard, but you need to collect the data. I just looked at the calculations I submitted to the Los Angeles building department. They take...


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