Macan 4 EV Detailed Review: 3 Days After Delivery

[Diego]

@Awaz these are my data after the first 500 kms:

I have to say that I’m quite happy

 

[RunningOnSolar]

@Diego : looks like ours are comparable. We are both over 320 miles (515 km) of range making us both above the EPA estimate of 308 miles (495 km) of range on a 95 kWh battery. Yours is better though

In mi/100 kWh
Yours: 28.8 mi/100 kWh
Mine: 29.6 mi/100 kWh

or

In km/100 kWH
Yours: 17,9 kWh/100km
Mine: 18.4 kWh/100 kWh

 

[Daniel]

Timer and a profile is the answer-profile only is not reliable in my experience. Many will disagree.

Ok , but for me, problems even using timer AND a profile ... maybe i'm unlucky

 

[W1NGE]

Ok , but for me, problems even using timer AND a profile ... maybe i'm unlucky

Which EVSE?

 

[Wawando]

Great review, thanks for sharing!
I got my Turbo today and still learning, but as I am not a Read The F***ing Manual guy, I have a question: I optioned Innodrive but see no Innodrive in the driving options, only Adaptative Cruise Control, is that Innodrive? (I know it involves other functionalities)
Thx!

 

[RunningOnSolar]

Great review, thanks for sharing!
I got my Turbo today and still learning, but as I am not a Read The F***ing Manual guy, I have a question: I optioned Innodrive but see no Innodrive in the driving options, only Adaptative Cruise Control, is that Innodrive? (I know it involves other functionalities)
Thx!

Tripped me up too!

1. Set the mode to Adaptive mode.
2. Activate Innodrive by pressing the “Lane Keep Assist” button (on the underside of the Driver Assistance stalk circled in orange below)..
3. Don’t forget to pull the stalk toward you to set the speed.
4. Bump the auto set speed up or down by moving the stalk up or down

You will see a green steering wheel icon with the set speed beside it when Innodrive is active. Quite a process, but it doesn’t take long to learn it. The set speed updates when new speed limit signs are seen or anticipated

Hope you optioned the HUD because it gives you great feedback, but if not, the PCM should shows similar info.

There are also videos in the Owners Manual that help quickly master these features and they are entirely animated with very few words in them.

 

[Sahajesh]

Can you turn off the feature to set the new speed limit automatically? In my current BMW, there are several roads where the signs aren’t angled correctly and the car detects a significantly lower limit.

I have auto limit change disabled, so while I can see the car has got it wrong, it has no effect.

 

[Wawando]

Can you turn off the feature to set the new speed limit automatically? In my current BMW, there are several roads where the signs aren’t angled correctly and the car detects a significantly lower limit.

I have auto limit change disabled, so while I can see the car has got it wrong, it has no effect.

Yes, thankfully you can turn it off!

 

[Daniel]

Which EVSE?

Porsche Mobile Chargeur Connect , included with the Taycan delivery in Europe, 22kw Tri

 

[EdInSanDiego]

I'm surprised that you say the display showed surrounding traffic because I asked a salesman about it and he thought all features of that screen were disabled for the US market. And certainly on my current car (GV60) every feature is disabled.

Can you have a passenger take a cellphone video of what the display looks like when other cars are around? And does it also show where you are in your lane (centered or not)?

 

[Wawando]

I'm surprised that you say the display showed surrounding traffic because I asked a salesman about it and he thought all features of that screen were disabled for the US market. And certainly on my current car (GV60) every feature is disabled.

Can you have a passenger take a cellphone video of what the display looks like when other cars are around? And does it also show where you are in your lane (centered or not)?

It looks like this and it is a little bit “constrained” in the sense that for example motorbikes that pass betweens the cars in lanes are not shown between the the cars, it “pushes” them into the lanes.
Car, trucks and motorbike brake detection is quite visible.
Another point is that when innodrive is driving. It does not allow you to stay closer to one of the sides of the driving lane, it goes to the middle of the lane even if you force it to one side, it tries to steer to the middle. if it is possible I do not know how to do it.

 

[W1NGE]

Porsche Mobile Chargeur Connect , included with the Taycan delivery in Europe, 22kw Tri

Ok so this should be perfect for the job (I have had mine since 2020 and had no issues at all either Taycans I've owned).

Could still be some kind of conflict - multiple timers / profiles - but I'm guessing you've already checked for that.

 

[EdInSanDiego]

Thanks Wawando, but I'm more curious about what it looks like on a US-market car, because my understanding is Tesla patented the features so nobody else can have such a display here. Which is why I was surprised OP reported his US-spec car having it working.

 

[Dragon Tourniquet]

Thanks Wawando, but I'm more curious about what it looks like on a US-market car, because my understanding is Tesla patented the features so nobody else can have such a display here. Which is why I was surprised OP reported his US-spec car having it working.

My BMW iX 50 has it (shows cars next to or in front of me in current and adjacent lanes). Has since I purchased it in late 2022.

 

[Fun TC Driving]

Learning a ton from this thread. Thanks all,. Thanks so much RunningOnSolar for your starting it with precise information.

I too resort to the Owners Manual as a last resort. Hence why threads like this one are so valuable.

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