TycanNewHampshire
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- TG
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I have had to travel around the Northeast over the last month and have almost have had to been towed more times than I would like (zero would be the preference) due to charging stations not having the CCS plug working. Almost all of these have been EVgo and on PlugShare they did not show as down, nor did the Porsche Intelligent (or lack of intelligence) Range Planner pick up these as non-functional.
The worst case, was down to 1% and had to plug into a standard Lv2 charger for a few HOURS, just to go the last 20miles to get to a ChargePoint fast (relatively at 66kW) charger, in order to keep working.
Am I the rarity? Or are others seeing the charging infrastructure across the board not being maintained this winter and leaving us in precarious predicaments?
Are any other owners seeing the same issues as I am and is this concerning to you? A few questions:
1. is there a better app than PlugShare to know the updated status of charging stations?
2. Is there a setting that perhaps I don't have on with the Intelligent Range Manager that will pull the available stations to set charging to points that actually are functioning?
3. Any other tips and or tricks that you are using to ensure that the charging station is working so you don't end up going to a station with low charging %, only to have to find something else close (which may not be so close) and limp there when it is zero degrees and the miles just disappear with every hill you climb?
Not sure of others, but this is my first winter with the Taycan and the rapid battery discharge, combined with the lack of maintenance of the EV charging network (all providers), at least in more rural areas of the Northeast has me really questioning the reliability at the current state of charging coverage.
Any help, feedback, commiseration, ideas are welcome!
Thanks,
The worst case, was down to 1% and had to plug into a standard Lv2 charger for a few HOURS, just to go the last 20miles to get to a ChargePoint fast (relatively at 66kW) charger, in order to keep working.
Am I the rarity? Or are others seeing the charging infrastructure across the board not being maintained this winter and leaving us in precarious predicaments?
Are any other owners seeing the same issues as I am and is this concerning to you? A few questions:
1. is there a better app than PlugShare to know the updated status of charging stations?
2. Is there a setting that perhaps I don't have on with the Intelligent Range Manager that will pull the available stations to set charging to points that actually are functioning?
3. Any other tips and or tricks that you are using to ensure that the charging station is working so you don't end up going to a station with low charging %, only to have to find something else close (which may not be so close) and limp there when it is zero degrees and the miles just disappear with every hill you climb?
Not sure of others, but this is my first winter with the Taycan and the rapid battery discharge, combined with the lack of maintenance of the EV charging network (all providers), at least in more rural areas of the Northeast has me really questioning the reliability at the current state of charging coverage.
Any help, feedback, commiseration, ideas are welcome!
Thanks,
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