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So far I’m just testing the equipment. It is showing that while the car is charging, preconditioning, and driving the voltage on the low voltage battery circuit is higher that the base voltage of the battery when idle. Because the voltage is higher than the base battery voltage, it indicates...

Also keep in mind these data points are 180 seconds apart, so while it looks like noise on the graph, I don’t think it’s anything high frequency like you might catch with an o-scope. Or maybe there is high frequency noise and it just manifests in the samples as well.

It looks the same on my linear bench supply, it has the resolution to measure hundredths but will bounce within about a tenth. Built in ADCs are not the highest quality. There’s a switching converter in the box to step down the input voltage 8-20v in) to 5v for the microcontroller and that could...

I’ve had this idea to put a data logger on the 12v battery for awhile now, after reading questions about whether the 12v is maintained by the HV (traction) battery. Seems like an easy thing to find the answer to. I couldn’t find a DC voltage data logger that was both inexpensive and offered...

I have something to say about rebalancing, but I’m collecting a bit more information. I suspect there are some quirks that can be triggered with certain usage patterns that account for some charging issues people have posted. Nothing super surprising if you’ve followed Taycan forum info. The...

Yeah I wasn’t too interested in the black on black. I probably would have opted for the white if it were an option on the Turbo, but I think the blue looks good. Especially in my winter mode.

Yeah and the iX is one I never had a problem with fast charging in winter without preconditioning either. What I mean by “it only takes one” is in terms of a claim that preconditioning is required to get good charging speeds. Your only need to see it once to know that the car is capable of good...

Winter has come, and it really makes Ice Grey pop! I've gotten some questions about the wheels, they are Variant Maxim wheels in Blood Red. They can custom machine offsets and bolt patterns to spec. Also, for completeness, here is my build: https://porsche-code.com/PT5IVH94

Yay snow!

I think part of the crux of the issue is this: 1) people report slow charging in the middle of spring or summer all the time. So why assume an extremely slow charge in winter, and specifically an example when a battery is only mildly cool, not freezing, is solely due to lack of preconditioning...

I refuse to be forced to use the OEM charging planning, regardless of the car. They’re just not that good or flexible. I might use one if it’s really good, but luckily I’ve never had trouble hitting max charge rates on any of my EVs in Rocky Mountain winters. So speaking generally with EVs...

The reason is likely due to slide decks being posted 6-8 months ago outlining a rollout of software supporting digital key. At the time I think it was being slated as a June release and did not align with the ‘26 rollout. There is also some history with Taycan being retrofitted with features...

I’ve had fatigue warnings going back more than a decade, without IR sensors. These sensors may also be used for additional fatigue monitoring but they just seemed to coincide with cars having driver assist that can allow you to let go of the wheel.

I feel like I’m tempting fate by raising my hand. Hopefully this is one of the things addressed in the major update that just became available.

I don’t think these are so much about fatigue monitoring as they are about attention monitoring for autonomous functions. Instead of making you wiggle or even touch the steering wheel you just have to be paying attention to the road. Look away too long and the car beeps at you and pulls over to...

FWIW my WiFi also restarted earlier this week, complete with a banner message(not a crash), and I have not had the major update. It does sound like a minor app OTA update occurred for some part of the network stack. I think I did also have to reconnect my phone but didn’t think anything of it.

Can’t speak for Tesla owners, I’ve owned Volvo, Audi, BMW EVs and never had trouble fast charging on trips down to -5C/20F in winter or up to 35C/95F in summer without punching in a destination or manually preconditioning. It’s possible precondition may have been even better in these extremes...

Sorry if I’m double posting this across topics but I like the way Variant Wheels operates. They have a stock of custom wheel blanks and when you order they will drill the pattern, machine the offset, and coat to your desired specs. The wheels are not crazy expensive either, IMO.

Mine auto changed, turning off DST, but I didn’t check it immediately on the Sunday morning so I can’t confirm exactly when it changed.

200 miles is a reasonable usable range to plan for on a car that is rated 300-350. Wind is one of the biggest variables and even something like 10mph headwind may not be noticeable but can eat a good chunk of your efficiency at highway speeds. Even when we have EVs that can do 500 miles...