350kW charging in 2021?

[Bry5on]

Does anyone else remember this from two years ago today? https://electrek.co/2019/07/17/porsche-taycan-250-kw-charging-launch-promised-350-kw/

I wonder if 350kW is still the plan, any info in the past two years?

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[Jhenson29]

lol, no, they just got done reducing it from 270kW to 200kW (as an option, I know).

I don’t see 350kW anytime soon.

Happy to hear if someone knows otherwise…

 

[Silveral]

There are 350kw chargers in Connecticut. Does this mean we can’t use them?

 

[Jhenson29]

There are 350kw chargers in Connecticut. Does this mean we can’t use them?

You can use them (if they’re working).
But the car doesn’t charge at 350kW.

 

[daveo4EV]

350 kW is aspiration - 270 kW is currently the stated max charge rate - interviews with porsche engineers have notes that even 270 kW is hard on the current battery tech for longevity which is why they have an optional 200 kw setting

I think we’ll need bigger batteries and some other tech advances to get closer to 350 kW charge rate…

it’s not that we can’t charge at that rate -its that doing so will accelerate battery degradation - so it‘s all about warranty mgmt.

so for now - the “limit” is 270 kW - any faster and Porsche didn’t like the lonevity impact on the battery.

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