My first two days with my Porsche Taycan CT4S

[TXAG]

SOC estimates at destination: Example — On 9 Jan I left on a 200km trip and the PCM suggested i would reach my destination with a 22% SOC. The actual SOC on arrival was 12%. Any Idea why the PCM was out so much?

Sweet ride, @DavidS78 !

I've noticed that elevation change affects my guess-o-meter the most. When I drive around the flat Phoenix Arizona USA area, the guess-o-meter is tolerably accurate (within 5 percent).

Last October I drove from home to Kingman AZ (on the way to Las Vegas) with an elevation increase of about 2000 feet (610 m). At the start of the trip, the guess-o-meter read 298 miles (480 km). When I arrived at the charging station in Kingman, the guess-o-meter read 83 miles (134 km). So the guess-o-meter thought I drove 215 miles (346 km), but the odometer increased by only 169 miles (272 km).

A couple of days later, I drove home and stopped to charge up in Kingman again. When I left Kingman the guess-o-meter read 247 miles (398 km). When I arrived home, the guess-o-meter read 101 miles (163 km). So the guess-o-meter thought I drove 146 miles (235 km), but the odometer increased by 168 miles (270 km).

Ambient temperatures were fine, so I didn't need to pre-condition the battery, which means I don't have an end-of-trip %SOC estimate at the start of each route, sorry ... but I hope this helps.

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[TXAG]

How fast have you seen the temp gone up before? Even though I can probably drive to the EA station, which is about 4 miles from my house, blind folded I always set the Porsche navigation. It recognizes it as a charge point, and even in sports plus mode it only goes up 1 degree in 4 miles. Is that rate typical?

I've only pre-conditioned twice on road trips, and both times the battery steadily warmed up from roughly 50 F (10 C) to 95 F (35 C) in about 30 minutes (35 miles).

 

[WattTurbo]

I've only pre-conditioned twice on road trips, and both times the battery steadily warmed up from roughly 50 F (10 C) to 95 F (35 C) in about 30 minutes (35 miles).

So the average in your experience is more than 1 degree per mile, but I only get 1 degree in 4 miles. I wonder if speed is a factor as well since it’s all city driving with an average speed of about 17 mph

 

[TXAG]

So the average in your experience is more than 1 degree per mile, but I only get 1 degree in 4 miles. I wonder if speed is a factor as well since it’s all city driving with an average speed of about 17 mph

I don't know as I've only done it while driving 70 mph. Can anybody else chime in with experience pre-conditioning the battery in city driving, e.g. does the battery compartment warm up more slowly at non-highway speeds?

 

[WasserGKuehlt]

I've only pre-conditioned twice on road trips, and both times the battery steadily warmed up from roughly 50 F (10 C) to 95 F (35 C) in about 30 minutes (35 miles).

(Don't mind me, I'm just liking your posts for the extra effort you put into accommodating the standard- and metrically-impaired. )

 

[Replika]

Is that normal consumption for a CT? 140-150 mile full charge seems especially not good (assuming they started the trip at 100%). Those consumption figures are just a hair better than what I’m seeing on the highway in my Ford Lightning (7000 lb brick wall).

In general, preconditioning (using the app to pre-heat the cabin), and timing the charge to finish right before the trip start will help with consumption in cold. Not that this trip was incredibly cold out.

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