dflohr
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Observations from a Christmas road trip Atlanta to Nashville TN area . About 700 mostly Interstate highway miles with 7 separate charges. All charging sessions below freezing with 5 of them under 10 degrees F.
The good:
1. Taycan is an amazing highway road trip car in warm or cold weather.
2. 5 of the charges were at 3 different EA stations. Plug and Charge connected EVERY TIME in less than 1 minute.
3. With built-in Nav directed to the chargers, battery preheating worked within limits (see below)
4. One of the EA chargers enroute charged the preheated battery very quickly peaking at 215KW both times it was used. First time outside temp was 9 degrees F.
The bad:
1. As expected, the cold (and the 75-80+ mph highway speed) really hit the range.
2. The car was always outside. With 15 mile range remaining and the battery under 20 degrees when leaving for a morning charge, the preheater did not add much temperature to the battery by the time I would reach the chargers 8-11 miles away.
3. When charging from cold, the car evidently limits the charging to 40-50KW while the battery slowly heats up. Didn't matter 150 or 350KW charger
4. Getting to 75-80% charge typically took 40-55 minutes maxing at 100KW but for just a short period.
5. Needed EVGO twice. 50KW chargers. App never worked to auto start charging session. One session started with a credit card, the other required a phone call to start it. Never got more than 32KW and charged just enough to get to next EA station.
With the battery range of the Taycan, will likely not do a cold weather trip like this again. Too much time involved with dealing with the battery. Hotels with overnight Level 2 chargers would change my mind but that may be a long while in coming.
The good:
1. Taycan is an amazing highway road trip car in warm or cold weather.
2. 5 of the charges were at 3 different EA stations. Plug and Charge connected EVERY TIME in less than 1 minute.
3. With built-in Nav directed to the chargers, battery preheating worked within limits (see below)
4. One of the EA chargers enroute charged the preheated battery very quickly peaking at 215KW both times it was used. First time outside temp was 9 degrees F.
The bad:
1. As expected, the cold (and the 75-80+ mph highway speed) really hit the range.
2. The car was always outside. With 15 mile range remaining and the battery under 20 degrees when leaving for a morning charge, the preheater did not add much temperature to the battery by the time I would reach the chargers 8-11 miles away.
3. When charging from cold, the car evidently limits the charging to 40-50KW while the battery slowly heats up. Didn't matter 150 or 350KW charger
4. Getting to 75-80% charge typically took 40-55 minutes maxing at 100KW but for just a short period.
5. Needed EVGO twice. 50KW chargers. App never worked to auto start charging session. One session started with a credit card, the other required a phone call to start it. Never got more than 32KW and charged just enough to get to next EA station.
With the battery range of the Taycan, will likely not do a cold weather trip like this again. Too much time involved with dealing with the battery. Hotels with overnight Level 2 chargers would change my mind but that may be a long while in coming.
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