I mean it’s not bad, and it is certainly a matter of personal preference. I associate Porsche with thick, sculpted, racing steering wheels. The stock one on my old Mercedes sedan is thicker and more racey.
Near as I can tell, every EV in sold the USA has a user-selectable DC charge limit… except the Taycan. Even other VW group cars have that.
This is the first I've read of someone wishing their car charged slower.
I know that's not exactly what you mean, but a slower charge rate would allow you to take your walk without potential battery degradation from charging to 100%.
Yeah it's not what he meant, he just wanted it to auto stop at 85%. What I do is I keep an eye on the charge level on the Porsche app, and walk back out to unplug it when it's at the level I want. You don't want it to stop, but leave it plugged in and taking up a spot, where others could be charging.This is the first I've read of someone wishing their car charged slower.
Perhaps a solution for your use case would be to plug into a 150 KW/h charger, rather than a 350?
Or you could just walk faster.
Porsche definitely needs to add a configurable DC fast charge limit. We have AC charge limits, battery care mode, pre-heating, pack cooling, etc. but nothing to say that we'd please like the car to stop fast charging at 80, 90, 95% etc.
No just feedback for others who might benefit when picking options or when picking a preowned example. The Taycan was the only EV I did not and could not rent for a day on Turo because there are none where I live. I did test drive a 4S and this one, and of course there wasn’t time to check most of these things, except for the steering wheel, which wasn't a deal breaker. Preowned EQS 450+ is in the same price range (big depreciation) and really luxurious, but too big and not sporty. It was really between a Taycan or 911. The Taycan is really the only EV sports car.
That sounds like a statement of fact, but I suspect it's more of an opinion.
Ok those wheel photos make me feel better about it, vielen Dank. I guess I’m going for the retro look anyway with my 19” Aeros - the sidewalls gives the car a bit of a Dino 346 vibe. But since Porsche was designing EVs since 1898, I think we should get some respect and a few minutes of grace period at the chargers. Those Bolts and Ionic5s can wait. Not to mention every other EV sold in the US has a user-settable DC limit! We have lots of much worse charger blocking here. It’s called ICE-ing. But mostly at Tesla chargers.
This one is from a 959, the ur-supercar:
That sounds like a statement of fact, but I suspect it's more of an opinion.
For instance, I would definitely key the cars occupying DC chargers, idling and without any owner in sight.
(No, I'm exaggerating, but hopefully the point gets across.)
Gerne.
Am familiar with ICEing, I've been lucky enough not to experience it (or at least it wasn't purposeful). Not so sure on the 'respect' thing - I get yours was a tongue-in-cheek comment, but the reason for my apparent rage is that I have been 'blocked'/left waiting by fellow EV drivers who parked their cars and went away, while their car was idling. So, if anything, the others are doing it wrong by allowing this behavior, and Porsche - as always (insert smug face here) - had made the correct choice.
I suspect it's the same wheel as in the other models. Going back and forth between the Macan (w/ sport chrono) and the Taycan (without) is definitely noticeable, but more of a brief moment 'oh?' which fades away from conscious thought. The steering feeling of the Taycan is vastly better (to me), and that's all that matters.
