RonMcg
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- First Name
- Ron
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- Naples, FL
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- Vehicles
- Taycan Turbo 2020, Cayenne 2019 Hybrid (wife's)
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I had a 2018 Panamera hybrid and because of my in-town driving I got about 58 miles per gallon of gas. I had 18 months left on my lease and was interested in the new 2020 Taycan. The dealership lent me a Taycan for 3 days while my car was being serviced. I was sold on the beauty and speed. I asked about the range and was told it was close to 300 miles on a charge. I called Porsche Connect's 800 number yesterday and they said the same thing around 300 miles. Unfortunately, I did not research this, and bought the Taycan Turbo. My first charge at 100% said 201 miles. The dealership said it will improve and it did gradually go up to 278 miles at 100% charge. That happened once and then it started going down to 238 miles and now that is what it is within 3 miles plus or minus. I went to Miami Beach(135 miles one way) last week with a full charge of 238 miles. I found out Electrify America fast chargers are very sparse even in a city the size of Miami. The closest Walmart fast-charger was a 24 mile round trip from my hotel. I love my car, but very sorry I traded my Panamera hybrid.
I understand the batteries are charged to a maximum of 80% to give longer battery life. I researched the cost of replacing the batteries and it would be around 6 to 7 thousand dollars. When you pay $185K for a car you want it to be practical and 238 mile range is not. I understand the range mode can offer a few more miles, but it comes with a lot of trade-offs. Porsche is selling futures of more charging stations, but the dealers don't even offer fast chargers for its customers in this area. Why not give us at least 90% charging until the future becomes reality?
Over the years, I have owned ten Porsches, but I honestly could not recommend the Porsche EV cars today. They have stumped their toes before, when my Panamera turbo's engine had to be replaced because it burned a quart of oil every 1,000 miles and my wife had the Cayenne diesel. They did fix these problems, now I will see how they handle this one.
I understand the batteries are charged to a maximum of 80% to give longer battery life. I researched the cost of replacing the batteries and it would be around 6 to 7 thousand dollars. When you pay $185K for a car you want it to be practical and 238 mile range is not. I understand the range mode can offer a few more miles, but it comes with a lot of trade-offs. Porsche is selling futures of more charging stations, but the dealers don't even offer fast chargers for its customers in this area. Why not give us at least 90% charging until the future becomes reality?
Over the years, I have owned ten Porsches, but I honestly could not recommend the Porsche EV cars today. They have stumped their toes before, when my Panamera turbo's engine had to be replaced because it burned a quart of oil every 1,000 miles and my wife had the Cayenne diesel. They did fix these problems, now I will see how they handle this one.
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