Nice surprise! Range increase after OTA update

[Jonathan S.]

Do you ever drive from 100% charge down to 0%?

I've done 1%!
And my understanding for J1.1 is that even 0% has a little bit of a buffer.

More range would help for winter.
Although for this past ski season, with the MB station in St J VT and Ionna in Brattleboro VT, reliable speeds in the mid 200s means that by the time I return from using the bathroom, I'm already way past the SoC I need to reach my destination.
So range is far less important than when I bought my used Taycan in 2023 (given the CCS1 scene at that time in northern New England).

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[69Mach390]

I've done 1%!
And my understanding for J1.1 is that even 0% has a little bit of a buffer.

More range would help for winter.
Although for this past ski season, with the MB station in St J VT and Ionna in Brattleboro VT, reliable speeds in the mid 200s means that by the time I return from using the bathroom, I'm already way past the SoC I need to reach my destination.
So range is far less important than when I bought my used Taycan in 2023 (given the CCS1 scene at that time in northern New England).

Hopefully you didn’t plan to run to 1%!

Either way, it’s quite rare for anyone to use 100% of range. Real world usage for road trips will be that 20-80% (only 60% of full range) both due to battery preservation and speed of DC charging.

And yes, more is better.

 

[Tooney]

You can’t extrapolate range based on the guess-o-meter displayed charge percentage. It’s not even remotely close to an accurate measuring stick.

If extrapolating range- use miles/kwh measurements and multiply from there.

I have found that the miles per kwh displayed on the instrument panel and especially on the long-term reports displayed on the app are often unrealistically high. There have been other forum posts about this.

 

[Jonathan S.]

Hopefully you didn’t plan to run to 1%!

Oh yes I did!
Twice IIRC.
I was pressed for time, I was arriving at a reliable charger, and knew I could count on several miles of buffer.

 

[2P168S]

One of the things I like about the Porsche route planner is that it will routinely take me to a charger with less than 10%, sometimes less than 5%

 

[69Mach390]

I have found that the miles per kwh displayed on the instrument panel and especially on the long-term reports displayed on the app are often unrealistically high. There have been other forum posts about this.

That doesn’t surprise me, but it’s still more accurate than extrapolating using change in charge percentage.

The latter would be like trying to look at your gas gauge in an ICE vehicle, driving about 1/10th of the gauge and multiplying by 10. Just won’t be very precise.

In the end, none of it really matters as it’s all guesses and assumptions even by the computer.

All that matters is if you can get to the next charger and give yourself a buffer.

 

[69Mach390]

Oh yes I did!
Twice IIRC.
I was pressed for time, I was arriving at a reliable charger, and knew I could count on several miles of buffer.

I like your style. A genuine Kramer!

 

[gnr3312]

One of the things I like about the Porsche route planner is that it will routinely take me to a charger with less than 10%, sometimes less than 5%

You can change these settings in the PCM.

 

[gnr3312]

I like your style. A genuine Kramer!

I do this with my wife’s Defender, once getting to a gas station when it said 4 miles to empty lol

 

[2P168S]

You can change these settings in the PCM.

Oh wow, really??

 

[69Mach390]

I do this with my wife’s Defender, once getting to a gas station when it said 4 miles to empty lol

Kramer would have gone until it says 0……. Then kept going!!

 

[Tooney]

Oh wow, really??

PCM > Navigation > . . . (settings) > charging planning>minimum charge ...

 

[PorscheTaycan]

Kramer would have gone until it says 0……. Then kept going!!

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