hkarthik
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- Karthik
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- 2021 Taycan 4S White
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I finally got my Taycan 4S this week and I decided to venture over to the nearest EA chargers to see how well they worked after the local dealer suggested that I make sure my Porsche account was setup properly.
I installed the Porsche NA app on my iPhone to find the nearest charger which was about 10 minutes away. The app isn't that great, but the coordinates were accurate and it showed all the charging stations by ID and which were 350kw versus 150kw. The location I landed at was a combination of Tesla Superchargers and Electrify America stations in Livermore, CA.
While I was there, I saw a new Ford Mach-E owner fiddling with a couple of 150kw stations trying to find one that worked for him.
Only 4 stations supported 350kw, so I started there. I fiddled with the first station for about 10 minutes and couldn't get it to work as it wasn't able to handshake correctly with my car, regardless of whether I tried to plug-and-charge or activate it via the Porsche NA app. I gave up and decided to try the station next to it.
Thankfully, the second one worked beautifully with plug-and-charge working exactly as advertised. It connected within about 15 seconds and quickly started charging. And wow was it quick! Within 12 minutes, I went from a 65% charge to a 87% charge. I panicked a bit as it went over 85% charge faster than I could react to unplug it. I also confirmed that the charging session was free, but I could see it would have cost me about $9.
As I finished and drove away, the Mach-E owner was still on the phone with EA, sounding pretty frustrated.
Overall, it was a positive experience, but I wonder if I got lucky.
I installed the Porsche NA app on my iPhone to find the nearest charger which was about 10 minutes away. The app isn't that great, but the coordinates were accurate and it showed all the charging stations by ID and which were 350kw versus 150kw. The location I landed at was a combination of Tesla Superchargers and Electrify America stations in Livermore, CA.
While I was there, I saw a new Ford Mach-E owner fiddling with a couple of 150kw stations trying to find one that worked for him.
Only 4 stations supported 350kw, so I started there. I fiddled with the first station for about 10 minutes and couldn't get it to work as it wasn't able to handshake correctly with my car, regardless of whether I tried to plug-and-charge or activate it via the Porsche NA app. I gave up and decided to try the station next to it.
Thankfully, the second one worked beautifully with plug-and-charge working exactly as advertised. It connected within about 15 seconds and quickly started charging. And wow was it quick! Within 12 minutes, I went from a 65% charge to a 87% charge. I panicked a bit as it went over 85% charge faster than I could react to unplug it. I also confirmed that the charging session was free, but I could see it would have cost me about $9.
As I finished and drove away, the Mach-E owner was still on the phone with EA, sounding pretty frustrated.
Overall, it was a positive experience, but I wonder if I got lucky.
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