Can we talk, for a moment, about profiles?

[dnanian]

Is anyone actually planning to keep their car long term?

That was certainly my plan. I kept my Tesla for over 7 years, and plan to keep this at least that long.

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[Dee]

Is anyone actually planning to keep their car long term?

Absolutely!

 

[kevinod]

You guys are brave! I wonder how much the Taycan will have changed in 3 years time!

 

[TAYC4N]

I’ll be getting a GTS when it is lunched. GTS cars are usually brilliant from Porsche

 

[Gogs]

I’ll be getting a GTS when it is lunched. GTS cars are usually brilliant from Porsche

Yip, my plan as well.

 

[kevinod]

Hopefully it’ll take 3 years and I’ll be ready for a change myself

 

[TAYC4N]

Only problem is that the GTS usually the last run before a model change lol

 

[svp6]

If they want you to keep a buffer, then they need to find a way to inform people of this...not expecting people to work it out between each other on forums. Surely they should let you charge to 100% and have a hidden buffer, if you are going on a long trip you can press a button to say you want to use the buffer and that will let the car charge the extra 5kwh for maximum range.

Agree it should be easier, but actually they say you should charge to 85%.

It does not bother me at all, and it was easy to set up for a max 85%. I have a second profile set for 100% called "trip" so when I plan to go somewhere, I can use that one.

 

[svp6]

Have to admit, I am confused by all of this 80% talk. I was under the impression that the Taycan by design does not allow owners to use a percentage of the battery already (5-10%). Doesn't that mean that the 100% we are charging to already is not a full percentage of the battery's capacity? My initial reaction to hearing about the 83.7 usable vs. 93.4 was a hope that we wouldn't have to worry about managing charging the way that is being discussed here.

There is a non-usable buffer at the bottom, so you do not brick your battery. Lot's of debate on this forum as to how the battery behaves at the top end.

83.7 was the initial plan. Several owners and reviewers have reported around 90 kWh available (one of my trips I calculated actually higher than that, but I will take the results with a grain of salt).

 

[Dee]

I would like to see a location based profile WITH climate control.
Now you can only control charge rate.
I'm charging at work so that would be very handy.
Also for home based location.

 

[KensingtonPark]

There is a non-usable buffer at the bottom, so you do not brick your battery. Lot's of debate on this forum as to how the battery behaves at the top end.

83.7 was the initial plan. Several owners and reviewers have reported around 90 kWh available (one of my trips I calculated actually higher than that, but I will take the results with a grain of salt).

Thank you! Very helpful!

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