Well..... the first 2012 Model S were delivered without software capable of handing winter freeze temperatures. Tesla was racing against time to OTA the software before the temperatures dropped enough to start killing batteries. They made it, but if they didn't, they'd have probably gone...
Try it on your car. Next time your car is parked, plugged in, finished charging, hit the precondition button and see if the EVSE is in use. Heck, just get in without unplugging and see if the EVSE is being used for HVAC. It would make sense if it did, at least to an ex-Tesla driver (Teslas use...
It will if battery if really frozen and can only take 1KW or 3KW. I suspect the departure timer does heat the battery to at least range mode minimum.
What year Taycan? Mine uses EVSE only if I send a timer (even only 5 minutes out). Just hitting the precondition button on home screen does not...
During charging, the HV subsystem is powered on. The 12V battery tops off whenever HV system is on. My speculation (hope?) is that the 12V "refill counter" is reset the same as the turning the car ON, so that it will automatically enable the HV battery for top off up to the max counter value...
While charging, 12V battery is topped off too because the car is mostly on. No need to heat the main battery. If your set it up to charge less often, it will fill up longer, heating the battery some.
It might not be German inflexibility, but rather the design-by-committee latest generation of engineers decisions - nobody empowered or willing to make decisions, so things are left as they happen to come out. Of course it would make sense, if the car is plugged in to keep on topping off the 12V...
I would think the opposite would be true. If you are paranoid, leave it plugged in with a time set to "precondition" once a week, with only battery preconditioning selected. If really paranoid, enable cabin preconditioning too. This would make the Taycan top off both the 12V and HV battery once...
Would your dealer have any samples they can show you before you order, so that you can be sure what it is you are ordering? If they use old samples and the new color is in fact different, you can refuse delivery on this basis.
I thought with EV's they just make sure the suspension is designed such that the wheels fall off at a lower side forces than it would take to flip the car, leaving the car to slide on it's belly, which I would assume does not have much lateral traction. Wouldn't that be a better solution than...
I second @Lanman's comment. That is not not just a 3mm scratch/dent. It likely took a lot of force to do this (probably drove over a rock, curb, or maybe a tow hitch). The shield obviously did its job by taking a lot of the damage, but given the size of it, I'd be interested in at least an...
I am a fan of driving cars, which includes Porsche as I think they make great driving machines. I was never a fan of excessive noise, but I can understand the appeal for some. However, I ever understood the need to inflict the noise on others.
@stlowe4, do you have a picture of the said dent? Did you ask to see it in the shop when on the lift? Alternatively, can you reach under to take a picture?
Personally, if the damage looks superficial and there are no car warnings, I'd leave it alone. The battery is supposed to be designed to...
I am not speaking on behalf of RedShift, but I strongly suspect that if a replacement ECU is possible, it would still require the original to clone it, meaning you will ship the original and get back the original and a tuned one. Unless of course there is a tool out there somewhere which can...