Regenerative brake

[Porsche Pilot]

Hello all,

New to Taycan 4S ownership. Is there a way to keep the regenerative braking on. It seems like when I restart the car each time it is turned off, and I must reselect it each time

Thanks

Mark

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[f1eng]

Hello all,

New to Taycan 4S ownership. Is there a way to keep the regenerative braking on. It seems like when I restart the car each time it is turned off, and I must reselect it each time

Thanks

Mark

No coasting is the default presumably because it is more efficient.
I actually prefer it now and all the regen is with the brake pedal.

 

[freeforall]

Hello all,

New to Taycan 4S ownership. Is there a way to keep the regenerative braking on. It seems like when I restart the car each time it is turned off, and I must reselect it each time

Thanks

Mark

All you can do is configuring the Individual driving mode with Regen on and any other preferences you want. Then you can use it whenever you drive.
That has been said Regen is less efficient than coasting.
I only use Regen when i am in a sporty driving mode as it gives me the impression that it simulates the feeling of high RPM in an ICE and its associated engine braking. BTW it is enabled by default for Sport Plus.

 

[W1NGE]

Hello all,

New to Taycan 4S ownership. Is there a way to keep the regenerative braking on. It seems like when I restart the car each time it is turned off, and I must reselect it each time

Thanks

Mark

Nope

 

[The Riddler]

All you can do is configuring the Individual driving mode with Regen on and any other preferences you want. Then you can use it whenever you drive.
That has been said Regen is less efficient than coasting.
I only use Regen when i am in a sporty driving mode as it gives me the impression that it simulates the feeling of high RPM in an ICE and its associated engine braking. BTW it is enabled by default for Sport Plus.

Exactly this…

 

[Tooney]

Hello all,

New to Taycan 4S ownership. Is there a way to keep the regenerative braking on. It seems like when I restart the car each time it is turned off, and I must reselect it each time

Thanks

Mark

In the Taycan, braking regeneration - which Porsche calls braking recuperation - (when you apply the brakes) is essentially always enabled. It is not turned off or on by the driver. Overrun recuperation (when you release the accelerator) is a feature the driver can turn off or on.

 

[jvdsanden]

Exactly this…

In addition to this, the first 1500km the car will not regenerate nor recuperate a lot because Porsche said it must settle its braking system. The car will keep on doing this during its lifetime so that you can be sure that the breaks keep working (or they say being tested for proper use when needed). My thoughts besides the safety purpose, this wear and tear part will also generate money for the future.

 

[KLHubb]

I definitely prefer the coasting mode in normal driving, and I believe it's more efficient to recover energy through braking. I definitely prefer this arrangement to one pedal driving.

 

[Tay Chi]

Hello all,

New to Taycan 4S ownership. Is there a way to keep the regenerative braking on. It seems like when I restart the car each time it is turned off, and I must reselect it each time

Thanks

Mark

I believe everything was covered here, except to clarify that for the first few brake activations every morning are always the mechanical brakes, then it will automatically switch to regenerative brakes.

This is independent of overrun recuperation

 

[vitavalka]

And also, the new generation of Taycan have the "keep my regen on" available. First gen always gets back to "factory defaults"

 

[Fish Fingers]

Hello all,

New to Taycan 4S ownership. Is there a way to keep the regenerative braking on. It seems like when I restart the car each time it is turned off, and I must reselect it each time

Thanks

Mark

I used to just press the regen button on the steering wheel straight after pushing the Start button when i got in.

1 second regen / 2 seconds auto.

I never found that 2 seconds push of a steering wheel button to be very burdensome tbh.

 

[jeffb]

No coasting is the default presumably because it is more efficient.
I actually prefer it now and all the regen is with the brake pedal.

I live in an urban/dense suburban area and just had this conversation with my sales person pending delivery of my Tacan 4S. His view, FWIW, is "on" for driving locally, given lots of traffic/red lights/stop signs, etc, and "off" for highway driving. Not "auto" for either situation.

 

[freeforall]

I live in an urban/dense suburban area and just had this conversation with my sales person pending delivery of my Tacan 4S. His view, FWIW, is "on" for driving locally, given lots of traffic/red lights/stop signs, etc, and "off" for highway driving. Not "auto" for either situation.

Interesting… not sure whether it is true since it is coming from a sales rep and I heard them say a lot of wrong things, however I have to say I was wondering the same and I was planning to do some tests about that: Would driving with Regen on be more efficient in dense traffic / regular drive and stop at low speed city driving / short trips?
Reasons for that:
- recup doesn’t kick off for a while and if you do a short 4km trip, half of it will be without recup whereas if you have regen on you still get some benefits
- on paper, coasting is probably more efficient even in city driving if you are able to keep long distances between your car and the car on front, no red light surprises etc to have time to coast efficiently and anticipate braking. But this is on paper, reality can be different.

Finally recup is not highly utilized when braking at low speed ( and not utilized at all at about 10km/h and below) so basically brake pads are probably extensively used. Whereas with Regen on it tries to stop the car as much as possible without brake pads and then it goes in coasting mode in very very low speed until the car stops by itself. So at the end less mechanical braking.

So putting all of it together I am wondering whether driving with Regen on would be more efficient in real life in the conditions above vs theory in perfect conditions with regen off +recup through braking.
Will test it.

 

[BobC]

I understand that the Regen preferences seem to be diverse, but in my experience, I like Regen 'On' for most driving conditions, in that it roughly operates like a manual transmission car when you back off the accelerator and there is a mild braking effect (would be nice if the intensity were programable). I've always owned manual transmission cars and have never been a fan of coasting, but that's my preference. Also, on heavy traffic situations, I have actually found the 'Auto' mode useful, with less need to be on the brake pedal all the time. In fact, it seems like the Regen force seems to be a bit higher (and gradual?) then just basic 'On' mode.

The bottom line on this, is that using Regen is personal preference and I really wish Porsche would allow for settings to 'stick' when set so you don't have to manually turn it on all the time. I guess they decided it was ok now to do this on the 2025 models.

This is also a waste of space on the steering wheel where it takes up space better used for something else, like another programmable button, like for a 'Back' function for the audio system. I currently use the existing programmable diamond for 'Next' favorite channel when listening to SiriusXM or regular radio. There is no easy way to go 'back' if the Music screen is not showing due to CarPlay or something else selected. My Honda HR-V is so much better with a simple cluster of audio related buttons on the left side of the steering wheel, with volume up/down and channel/track forward back. Anyway - that's a whole other topic ...

 

[SpawnyWhippet]

I don't understand how coasting is more efficient than 1 pedal regen driving.
I drive many other EV's a lot (>50k miles per year) and it is kind of annoying to jump in my Taycan then suddenly find almost no deceleration due to regen.

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