New owner query

[Chubbs85240]

I took ownership of my Taycan 4s with extended Battery 2 weeks ago. I didn’t spec it much more than that, bar privacy glass, Porsche sound and gloss window trims (as it’s a lease).

My initial impressions are all positive, bar a couple of minor irks, the car is excellent and in particular drives like a petrol car as opposed to an electric car (like the Tesla) due to being able to turn off the regen.

one of my issues is every time I get out the car I seem to mark the edge of both the door and more so the pillar (between front and back door) trying to get myself out the car.

maybe it’s just me, but trying to get under the steering wheel and out the door (which you often can’t open in car parks as it’s too big) means you end up scraping against both these parts and they mark easily.

I’m 5’11 and 13 stone so not particularly big.

My main issue that I hope someone can explain is that on Friday I charged the car to full, did a couple of journeys and parked up at 95%.

We then got hit by storm Arwen so it never moved until Monday and when I started it, it was at 65% charge?

the only thing I used battery for was the heating of the car for doing the school run this morning using the timer asi do every Mon-Fri .

anybody know why I could lose all that battery power?

thanks

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[mutanthands]

I suspect the power loss might be due to the big drop in temperature (especially overnight) that Arwen kindly brought us.

 

[Chubbs85240]

I suspect the power loss might be due to the big drop in temperature (especially overnight) that Arwen kindly brought us.

Thanks, so just sitting cold will make the battery drop? That will
Make for an interesting winter in the north east of Scotland!!

 

[exav8tor]

I wouldn't have thought the percentage would drop due to the cold, it is usually the range that is impacted - so the 95% only gets you say 200 miles in the colder weather instead of 240 miles in warmer but happy to be corrected.

One thing that could consume energy is if you have timed pre-conditioning enabled? - this could explain some of it but a 30% drop is quite a lot.

 

[exav8tor]

Just re-read your message and noted that you are using the timer, this could certainly explain some loss given that it will pre-condition each time and if the weather is really cold it has a lot of work to do.

I had mine pre-condition a couple of weeks ago while not connected to a charger and the temperature was around 5c and believe I lost around 3% - so if even colder and left for a few days it would add up.

 

[Chubbs85240]

Just re-read your message and noted that you are using the timer, this could certainly explain some loss given that it will pre-condition each time and if the weather is really cold it has a lot of work to do.

I had mine pre-condition a couple of weeks ago while not connected to a charger and the temperature was around 5c and believe I lost around 3% - so if even colder and left for a few days it would add up.

when you say pre-condition each time. My timer is set for 8:45 Mon-Fri , so my understanding would be that after 8:45am on Friday if I don’t open the car or anything it won’t try and heat up until 8;45 on Monday. I charged it Friday lunch and parked it up before opening it again 8:45am Monday.

Is that not the case?

 

[exav8tor]

when you say pre-condition each time. My timer is set for 8:45 Mon-Fri , so my understanding would be that after 8:45am on Friday if I don’t open the car or anything it won’t try and heat up until 8;45 on Monday. I charged it Friday lunch and parked it up before opening it again 8:45am Monday.

Is that not the case?

That is my understanding also, so it should have only done the pre-conditioning on the Monday morning which I wouldn't expect to account for a 30% loss. The only other things I can think of that might cause it to start pre-conditioning is if you open the car with the key or maybe if you have comfort access and have gone near the car with the key. There is a setting to switch of pre-conditioning on opening the car if this is the case. I didn't spec the comfort access so can't check on that side of things.

Hopefully a few others on the forum might have some further insights.

O'h on getting in and out the car, I have also found this and have a few marks in those areas. Have also caught my knee a couple of times on the corner of the dash - ouch - but all is forgotten when driving the car.

 

[Fish Fingers]

It's a huge drop over a weekend.
I wonder whether it's a glitch with the readings? I would say live with it for a few weeks and see if it happens again.

When I use pre cool / heat its currently using about 2% in the hour it takes to do it.

As others stated - as well as checking the precool/heat on the timer, also check if its on in the unlocking (?) option.

 

[B61]

I suspect the power loss might be due to the big drop in temperature (especially overnight) that Arwen kindly brought us.

It's hard to believe.
Last few days, we had below zero during nights, and SOC dropped 1% per night.
IMO, it's related with some pre-heat timer settings.

 

[W1NGE]

I took ownership of my Taycan 4s with extended Battery 2 weeks ago. I didn’t spec it much more than that, bar privacy glass, Porsche sound and gloss window trims (as it’s a lease).

My initial impressions are all positive, bar a couple of minor irks, the car is excellent and in particular drives like a petrol car as opposed to an electric car (like the Tesla) due to being able to turn off the regen.

one of my issues is every time I get out the car I seem to mark the edge of both the door and more so the pillar (between front and back door) trying to get myself out the car.

maybe it’s just me, but trying to get under the steering wheel and out the door (which you often can’t open in car parks as it’s too big) means you end up scraping against both these parts and they mark easily.

I’m 5’11 and 13 stone so not particularly big.

My main issue that I hope someone can explain is that on Friday I charged the car to full, did a couple of journeys and parked up at 95%.

We then got hit by storm Arwen so it never moved until Monday and when I started it, it was at 65% charge?

the only thing I used battery for was the heating of the car for doing the school run this morning using the timer asi do every Mon-Fri .

anybody know why I could lose all that battery power?

thanks

Hi,

I would say that this is not normal behaviour and could as someone pointed out be a software glitch / misreading - was it from the car directly or from the Porsche Connect App? If the latter then unless the App is working correctly (generally unreliable) and was refreshed from the last drive of the car it could be out of sync.

Using weekly/ daily timers will not impact anything even if the car is not connected to your EVSE (Electrical Vehicle Supply Equipment - or wall box). I'm assuming pre-heat is only enabled for Mon - Fri, in which case Sat and Sun have nor timer or profile set? If not, then the charging event will not occur but I would expect the pre-heat to kick in regardless - worth checking / trying.

Unlocking the car can initiate a pre-heat also if the option is enabled in the PCM - this can be in short bursts (5 mins) or longer depending on your pre-heat settings.

Check also that you don't have multiple timers / profiles enabled as these could be in the mix also.

Sitting in the cold should not (has not in my experience of North East of Scotland winters) sap much if any discernible energy however when cold and initiating a 1 hr pre-heat (depending on temperature - say 22C or higher) will consume a large amount of energy (heat pump) to bring the car to temp. Cold battery, cold car = lots of energy to bring up to your chosen pre-heat level - best done when connected to your EVSE.

Do you know what the temperature was over the weekend (I don't think it was that cold anywhere)?

New car / battery - takes a while for the range to climb. This time of year you will be lucky to report 220 - 230 @ 100% but in time as it warms up you will get more and somewhere in the range of 260 - 270 in summer.

As for ingress / egress to the car - the Comfort pack would have helped (if you don't have it) as this would automatically retract the driver's seat and raise the steering wheel to make this operation easier. Even with this the car is slightly tricky in this regard compared to other cars.

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