Real consumption / range / efficiency thread … post your Macan EV performance 📊

[byebye]

Turbo, 22 wheels, no regeneration yet, battery between 3 (start) and 5 c degrees: not so bad in everyday trips

 

[SGHProductions]

I am taking my Macan EV Turbo on a road trip next week from Toronto to Boston. Are there any charging networks to avoid ? Has anyone tried the Tesla charger with the building in adapter?

 

[Diego]

@byebye nice numbers for a Turbo! I've noticed that even with this temperature (I have the same numbers) the front slats stay open.

 

[pasteyuk]

Latest trip a bit better. Slightly less dual carriageway miles. Average 9.5 degrees C

 

[Fun TC Driving]

I enjoyed your using the word “carriage way” (not being sarcastic) Picturing 100 years ago with actual carriages. Here in the U.S. that is a word only used in a UK movie. Thanks. I enjoyed reading it.

 

[pasteyuk]

I enjoyed your using the word “carriage way” (not being sarcastic) Picturing 100 years ago with actual carriages. Here in the U.S. that is a word only used in a UK movie. Thanks. I enjoyed reading it.

We still refer to them as a Dual Carriageway and a single carriageway . But then we do have Motorways too!

 

[Awaz]

Yes, but we don't have highways

 

[wmras]

I am taking my Macan EV Turbo on a road trip next week from Toronto to Boston. Are there any charging networks to avoid ? Has anyone tried the Tesla charger with the building in adapter?

Too our surprise, our 2024 Macan Turbo PCM led us to a Tesla Supercharger with Magic Docks in Indiana - our first Tesla experience. Local Maintenance guy showed me how to press and hold the button on the Tesla plug for 2 seconds to remove it with the Magic Dock adapter attached.

Had to download and create a Tesla account on my iPhone, but no Macan exists (two weeks ago) on the application. Gambled that a 2024 Taycan selection might be close enough. It worked beautifully! Charge was nearly 250 kW and cost was half what I was expecting (it was a truck stop).

 

[ketje78]

So, I had too much time on my hands and I decided to to some "structured testing" on this. I already had collated data from a few road trips where I could drive uninterrupted on flat area (there is always a minimal amount of up and down) on highways for 10's of kilometers at 140km/h and 160km/h. I now did the same on a 15km straight B-road with max speed 120km/h - I tested at 80, 100 and 120km/h.

Method: cruise control on, same start and finish point at constant speed without any acceleration or braking (so no regen), reset the "trip since" data both in the outgoing and returning leg and average both.

Car: Macan EV Turbo, 22" Exclusive Design Wheels, Offroad package
Environmental parameters: Sunset, 24degC, no wind

Below are the graphs in metric and imperial system:

I also created the below graph, using the 288mi (463km) EPA rated range for a Turbo as 100-0% run (so 95kWh consumption) and calling that 100% efficiency. The graph plots the efficiency compared to EPA range at various speeds:

I know this driving style is artificial as I noticed that the moment you touch your brake and regen efficiency goes up dramatically. It's only aimed to try to measure the impact of speed on range.

 

[dgkhn]

This is great: thank you! This is really useful info.

It's really interesting how steep that slope is. It would be fascinating to see how different wheels affect the slope.

Edit: also interesting that plot is that close to a straight line; if the issue is wind resistance alone, I would expect the slope to increase more as speed increases (i.e. square of speed). Perhaps too few data points to really show that?

 

[ketje78]

This is great: thank you! This is really useful info.

It's really interesting how steep that slope is. It would be fascinating to see how different wheels affect the slope.

Edit: also interesting that plot is that close to a straight line; if the issue is wind resistance alone, I would expect the slope to increase more as speed increases (i.e. square of speed). Perhaps too few data points to really show that?

I will revalidate the 140km/h data again tomorrow (it is on a different road, but over longer distance (about 40km one way). I assume at lower speeds resistance of the wheels on the asphalt is dominant while at higher speeds wind will become dominant?

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