Damond
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- First Name
- Damond
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- Mar 4, 2020
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- Tucson AZ
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- 2017 911 Cabriolet (991.2)
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HERE'S MY I CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE DILEMMA. I would like to buy a Taycan 4s with the 93.4kWh battery. HOWEVER, I live in Tucson AZ, and often drive from Tucson to Las Vegas NV in the summer. I have recorded outside temperatures when passing through Phoenix in July and August of 115F + (46.1C), and in Las Vegas of 112F (44.4C). I note that the Porsche.com/usa website doesn't have the range calculator that the international websites do. I used the location of Middle East Region, and Dubai as the location in order to try and get a sense of the range of a Taycan 4S with the 93.4kWh performance plus battery. I played with the settings for city=0%, country road=0%, and motorway=100% with the outside temp of 40C (104F), "preconditioned " inside temp of 22C (71.6F) with the AC on: Range=368 km (228 miles), with ECOPlus on: 396 km (246 miles). That sounds pretty good until one checks out the location of the charging stations with at least 50kW capacity along a route from Tucson to Las Vegas. Knowing that the car won't be "preconditioned" to 71.6F, and the ambient temperatures are up to 110-115F along the way. The route with Electrify America 350kW stations (one up in Buckeye AZ and one coming soon to Quartzite AZ) and a 50kW fall back in Blythe CA, has a problem when one tries to drive from Quartzite or Blythe to Las Vegas. Its 240 miles (Quartzite to Las Vegas) and 210 miles from Blythe. and it has a couple of hills/inclines. Too much anxiety given even the best ECOPlus range. Also, I can't seem to find what ECOPlus will do when the outside temperature is 115F. Would like to know what it does, even when its only 104F outside. My decision to buy a Taycan 4S seems to rest on the ability to Get there (Las Vegas) from here (Tucson). The alternative to the 445 mile route through Blythe/Quartzite to Las Vegas is a 645 mile route through San Bernardino and up I-15 to Baker and then Las Vegas! Lots of charging stations along I-10 & I-15.
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