Admittedly as much time as I spent tracking the vessel, I didn’t spend that much time on watching charging videos. It was getting 6.6 kw and was plugged in for 17 mins 50 seconds. Went from 51% to 52%. I’ll be charging from home but I wanted to make sure I knew how to charge in the wild.
I just picked up the car two days ago and that was my first run at charging at a station. Maybe it was user error. If I need help in the future, I’ll jump over to the appropriate threads.
Great looking car btw. Love the blue and red contrast.
That sounds like you were charging on a “level 2 charger”. They have a standard plug (like the one you got installed at home probably). It’s an AC charger.
I have this colour you will love it and congratulations on your babyI’m headed to the dealer to go pick her up ?
This is exactly what happened. I found a fast charge station a few exits down the freeway so I’ll check that out soon. It’s a learning curve.That sounds like you were charging on a “level 2 charger”. They have a standard plug (like the one you got installed at home probably). It’s an AC charger.
It’s really comparable to plugging in at home.
In order to charge fast in the wild you’ll want to find a DC charging station that can deliver DC current and at a much higher output. E.g. 150kW or 350kW. They have a CCS plug that looks like this:
Great! You’ll learn really fast - and once you get used to it, it’s actually super simple and refreshing not to have to go to a gas station.
Make sure its one of the 'Free' stations. It wil come up on yor Porsche Connect app if it is. You can get either 20 or 30 mins free at any one charge. 20 mins should give you an 80% charge The are Electrify America charging stations. Walmart has them if that helps. Get onto a 350 plug if you can. The new models are plug and charge - if they dont work you have to do it the old way from the app manually. Dont forget the right port is for fast and the left for home 240 charging - they are different shape plugs which helps
I borrowed this from one of our “stickies” in the charging section. This should give you an idea of what to expect. Was your 60kW consistent with the graph?
STUNNNNNNER.Admittedly as much time as I spent tracking the vessel, I didn’t spend that much time on watching charging videos. It was getting 6.6 kw and was plugged in for 17 mins 50 seconds. Went from 51% to 52%. I’ll be charging from home but I wanted to make sure I knew how to charge in the wild.
On a happier note though- here’s some more pics of my car.
You have a new battery and you need to ignore the miles its telling you to begin with. Drive it a while and you will see that you get more miles that it says and that will increase over the next weeks. When it comes off charge it can fluctuate. This car got 231 first charge from the dealership and immediately dropped to 200 when I drove it out of the showroom. My other car gets into the 280's just be patient. The reading that it gives you is based on your driving prior to it going on charge, as it never been driven its expect to be low. Take it out for about an hour on the freeway and then charge it and see how it is.I was using the 350 kW charger at EA this morning. The temp of the battery was very cold and I only got about 60 kW max the whole time.
The rated miles have nothing to do with charging speed at a given battery temperature and SoC…
