JimBob
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Is the Taycan a 300 mile range car? No. But there is a window where you can hit 300 miles. And if you have 19 inch tires the window is bigger.
I ran the latest test early Sunday morning. Conditions were nearly perfect. Mean temperature was 22.4C/71.5F. Winds were calm to a cross wind of 7kph/4.3 mph at the end. Traffic was light other than at the end of the run when it was slightly higher. Cruise control was set to 115 kph/71.5 mph.
Car was in Range mode, with 20 inch Continental ProContact RX summer tires.
Results were:
Metric
Imperial
Chart 1 is a summary of all the tests run to date in metric.
Chart 2 is a summary of all the tests run to date in Imperial.
Chart 3 has the details from the recent run in metric.
Final distance traveled was 484km or 300.8 miles. To the best of my knowledge this is the first semi documented range test for the Taycan of over 300 miles at highway speeds. The final distance traveled includes the actual distance travel plus the estimated range on the guessometer. As I am running the test on a 12 lane expressway, I am not trying to run the battery to zero. My intention is to not die on an expressway but surrounded by a bevy of babes. Can this distance be bettered? I believe so and will indicate below my thoughts on how it can be done.
As before the dash readings were recorded at 2 minute intervals and input into the R GGPLOT2 graphics package for display purposes.
Some observations
As a consolation prize, those of us who live in cooler climates who suffer in the winter, are probably going to pick up some extra range in the summer as compared to those living in hot climates.
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I ran the latest test early Sunday morning. Conditions were nearly perfect. Mean temperature was 22.4C/71.5F. Winds were calm to a cross wind of 7kph/4.3 mph at the end. Traffic was light other than at the end of the run when it was slightly higher. Cruise control was set to 115 kph/71.5 mph.
Car was in Range mode, with 20 inch Continental ProContact RX summer tires.
Results were:
Metric
Mode | Mean Air Temp Celsius | Target Speed kph | Distance Traveled in km | Consumption Wh/kilometer |
Range | 22.4 | 115 | 484 | 180.6 |
Range | 11.7 | 115 | 419 | 208.6 |
Range | 1.2 | 115 | 354A/383.3E | 246.9A/228.1E |
Range | -8.7 | 115 | 338 | 258.6 |
Imperial
Mode | Mean Air Temp Fahrenheit | Target Speed mph | Distance Traveled in miles | Consumption Wh/mile |
Range | 71.5 | 71.5 | 300.8 | 290.6 |
Range | 58.1 | 71.5 | 260.4 | 335.6 |
Range | 34.7 | 71.5 | 220A/237.5E | 397.3A/368E |
Range | 16.3 | 71.5 | 210.1 | 416 |
Chart 1 is a summary of all the tests run to date in metric.
Chart 2 is a summary of all the tests run to date in Imperial.
Chart 3 has the details from the recent run in metric.
Final distance traveled was 484km or 300.8 miles. To the best of my knowledge this is the first semi documented range test for the Taycan of over 300 miles at highway speeds. The final distance traveled includes the actual distance travel plus the estimated range on the guessometer. As I am running the test on a 12 lane expressway, I am not trying to run the battery to zero. My intention is to not die on an expressway but surrounded by a bevy of babes. Can this distance be bettered? I believe so and will indicate below my thoughts on how it can be done.
As before the dash readings were recorded at 2 minute intervals and input into the R GGPLOT2 graphics package for display purposes.
Some observations
In Range mode, throughout the entire run at highway speeds the car operated only with the front motors. At the end on city streets at lower speeds and with traffic lights returning home, the rear motors were also operating. I doubt very much that the 2WD Taycan operating on just the rear motors can beat the 4S for highway range.
Turning on Range mode turns off Regen. However on some of the rolling hills the Regen did operate but I doubt the effect was significant. I also tried to manage the Regen on some of the hills by manually turning it on or off. I don't think I added any value by doing this and ended up just leaving it to the car.
There have been previous documented Range tests by Bjorn, Tom Moloughney and Kyle Conner. Bjorn's test was done at a higher speed and is not directly comparable.
Both Tom and Kyle reported in their recent tests that range declined over the last half of their trip as compared to the first half. In my previous tests other than the wind affected one I had not seen this. However I did see this effect on this test. If you refer to Chart 3, you can see that the observed range bends away from the linear model. This is all due to temperature. The battery is heating up, refer to the first panel and the air temperature is heating up requiring more cabin cooling. I am not clear on Porsche's actual battery cooling strategy in Range mode. I think both Tom and Kyle ran their tests at temperatures a little above the optimum temperature for the car and got a reduced range. Porsche indicates that the optimum temperature for the car is 20C/68F. I was just slightly above this level and just squeaked out an indicated 300 miles. If I ran the test a couple of degrees cooler on a cloudy day I think I can pick up 4 or 5 additional miles.
The next test will be at 30C/86F. For my area this will be about the maximum I will see. I expect to see more of the effects of temperature on range as showing in Chart 3 and expect Range to fall. I speculate I will loose around 20 miles in range due to temperature effects.As a consolation prize, those of us who live in cooler climates who suffer in the winter, are probably going to pick up some extra range in the summer as compared to those living in hot climates.
Chart 1
Chart 2
Chart 3
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