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I enjoyed the article because I've been thinking about buying a 2025 Taycan to replace my sports car. I intended to buy an electric Boxster this year but it won't be available. Now I think I'm likely to wait a bit -- love the Taycan charging and driving experience but I don't like the reported...

This may sound silly, but we likely need to know the SoC of the high voltage battery and (possibly) its max SoC when you run regeneration tests. If you believe the HUD/dash regeneration meter, my Macan 4 is rarely above 75% SoC with max set to 80% and it nearly always sees regeneration in coast...

When I read the comments about the difference between the brakes and regeneration in the Macan EV, I feel like I don't understand what other owners are talking about. In our Macan 4, my wife can never tell whether brakes or regeneration are stopping the car. I struggle to tell most of the time...

It looks like the new EA Costco Napa CA location with 10 stalls has opened. Status of the units popped up when I was doing trip planning this morning.

V3 and V4 generation Tesla Superchargers are compatible with charging Rivians, Fords, etc. There is very good reason to believe that our Macan EVs will be able to be charged at compatible (V3 and V4 generation) Tesla Superchargers this summer, but, as I frequently say to others when we discuss...

I know there are a lot of considerations. How much power can be delivered, permitting, etc. When I last used this location in January before it was shutdown, at least 2 of the charging stations were not functioning. Might they have a spare parts problem? Also, EA may want premiere locations to...

I have a home near the Florida Mall location and my feedback is that they should have doubled or tripled the number of Alpitronic units because that site is busy.

If anyone gets to track a 20% to 80% charging session at the Florida Mall's new 4 cable Alpitronic HYC400 chargers, I'm curious to hear about your charge times (and whether someone else was using the same unit while you were charging.

Can someone track the 12volt battery voltage over time when the car is plugged into a charger but not recharging (because it is at the set SoC)? If someone tells me the equipment to buy and how to safely do it, I'll do the leg work. Emphasis on safely.

I was under the impression that the Northvolt bankruptcy caused the delay in the Boxster EV. https://www.carscoops.com/2024/12/porsche-718-ev-might-be-delayed-by-northvolt-bankruptcy/

I've worked with Porsche software engineers and the ones I've met are excellent. A limitation for the company seems to be the part/subsystem supplier contracts and their management. I'm not surprised it will take a bit of effort to generate OTA updates, given those concerns. I have to say that...

My wife seeks to know if this is Billie Eilish's Macan EV or an ICE Macan. I'm sure the fate of the world rests on this determination.

Confirmed that Waze is working on the dash in the USA but not in HUD.

I've been thinking about whether I should leave my Macan always connected to the charger with the target charge set low to try to save the 12v battery. I haven't done anything because I haven't had problems yet and I think I'm replacing the 12v battery every 2 years any way.

I happened across a car insurance conference a few weeks ago at a hotel, and I asked a group of actuaries whether EVs get stolen. The answer was basically "no. They parts market is hard to sell into and the cars themselves are generally worthless after theft." I'm curious whether other people...

@PrudentOcean is right that the AC outlet works for 30 minutes after the car is shut off. I still think of it as only working when the HV battery is on but he's right that the car gives you the 30 minutes of additional juice. I should have been more precise.

The AC outlet in the back of my 2024 Macan 4 EV only works when the HV battery system is powered on.

I'm curious whether the software update will be required for USA Tesla Supercharger access. I also assume it will be a dealer installed software update and not an OTA update.

This is really nerdy but given the lack of explanation of how the charging works, I took matters into my own hands. I've already built a solution that uses Porche's iOS app to estimate the voltage level of the car's battery in conjunction with the programmable API of my EVSE to completely...

There is a difference between physically disabling the safety feature and shutting off the amplification of the Porsche electric sound in the PCM which is caused by a $490 optional sound generator "that can be added to the Porsche Macan EV to enhance the driving experience." The optional...