Taking One Lap of the Country in my Taycan Turbo - 10k miles in 6 weeks Cross-Country Journal

[louv]

Where’s da fishes at?

sorry... no cars, just playing tourist in Monterey.

I did drop in on the very nice folks at Porsche of Monterey.

 

[TC Fan]

Road trippin in my hometown. Playing tourist. Driving the twisty mountain roads I first learned to drive ... nearly 40 years ago.

Santa Cruz?

 

[louv]

Santa Cruz?

Yes.

 

[TC Fan]

Yes.

You left there for the east coast? Did you fall and hit your head as a child?

 

[louv]

You left there for the east coast? Did you fall and hit your head as a child?

Again, probably yes.

 

[louv]

Good morning! Heading to the airport to spend a few days with friends in Maui. Had a lovely time in Monterey with friends.

And, on the way to the airport, I stopped for a 20 minute electron fix. As long as I am passing a 350kW station... I may as well top up.

This morning, even after driving 30 minutes, the Nav hasn’t yet remembered it is in an EV, so it wants to lead me to gas stations. Sigh. Worse, it wouldn’t pre-condition the battery to accept a fast charge.

Workaround: I was “forced” to put the car in Sport-Plus mode and do sprints. Accelerate very hard. Brake hard. Go very fast. Brake hard. Each sprint raised the battery temp by about 2°F. Wasteful but fun.

Charging rate: between 101 and 149kW.

 

[epirali]

I thought I saw gas stations once in the Nav once, I thought I was hallucinating! So its not just me.

Quick questoin: how are you using the nav to precondition the battery for a fast charge?

 

[Cpoarchy]

Safe travels. Take some pics, I'll take care of your car while your gone,

 

[ahnj]

Maybe setting the navigation destination to the gas station will trigger the preconditioning of the battery? haha

 

[louv]

I thought I saw gas stations once in the Nav once, I thought I was hallucinating! So its not just me.

Quick questoin: how are you using the nav to precondition the battery for a fast charge?

Assuming the Nav wakes up and remembers it’s in an EV. Which it did NOT do this morning. (Or anywhere in Canada because the stations were “too new” and not in the Nav’s database.)

Anyway, if you Navigate to a destination, and the Nav adds Charging Stations along the way, it will pre-condition the battery as you approach.

Also, if you search for a known EV charging station, and add that as a destination, then it will also pre-condition the battery

 

[louv]

Maybe setting the navigation destination to the gas station will trigger the preconditioning of the battery? haha

<voice of beavis & butthead> FIRE!!! FIRE!!! FIRE!!!

ok, it’s ready now.

 

[louv]

Safe travels. Take some pics, I'll take care of your car while your gone,

Thanks. Can you wash it? It’s going to be dusty getting parked for a few days!

 

[louv]

Quick stats:
Total Mileage on this trip so far: 5200+ miles
Number of times I stopped to get electrons: 52.
Number of smiles: infinite.

 

[epirali]

Assuming the Nav wakes up and remembers it’s in an EV. Which it did NOT do this morning. (Or anywhere in Canada because the stations were “too new” and not in the Nav’s database.)

Anyway, if you Navigate to a destination, and the Nav adds Charging Stations along the way, it will pre-condition the battery as you approach.

Also, if you search for a known EV charging station, and add that as a destination, then it will also pre-condition the battery

Thanks I noticed that you do have to enable the Charging planner from Nav settings, but this is good to know. I tried it by pretending to go to a charge via Nav (wasn’t really) and the battery temps started going up, even when the car was parked for a while.

 

[epirali]

Thanks. Can you wash it? It’s going to be dusty getting parked for a few days!

I have heard that if you accelerate fast enough the dirt falls off by itself...

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