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

[Diego]

@TomekGnomek I think that Poland low temperatures are responsible of your consumption... Here we have 10 to 18°C and I am between 17 and 18 kWh/100km (but I don't drive for short distance - shortest trip is about 80 km)

 

[bbmertz]

but i was really hoping the 4s would slot somewhere in between the 4 and turbo... like maybe smack dab at 300... but it's still all good

That is disappointing. I too assumed that the range of the 4S would be in between the 4 and the turbo at 298 miles rather than the same as the turbo at 288.

 

[TomekGnomek]

@TomekGnomek I think that Poland low temperatures are responsible of your consumption... Here we have 10 to 18°C and I am between 17 and 18 kWh/100km (but I don't drive for short distance - shortest trip is about 80 km)

Could be, next week we are supposed to have 10-18 with good weather so I'll check.

 

[Daniel]

At the moment I'm using the auto regen only going downward (I live at 750 meters and to get to highway/main roads I have to drive 30 km down) but I turn on and off based on my driving style. If i have cars ahead i prefer to simulate something like a "one pedal" drive (something I used a lot on my Tesla but here the brake effect of the regen is limited so I have to be careful and integrate the brake with brake pedal). This is getting better results than when I keep the auto regen on regularly (first day of ownership of the Macan). The only con is that I have to sacrifice the only diamond button we have to control this function.

@Diego I think we have the same driving style

It is essential to assign the diamond button to regeneration.
It's sad because I would have used it to trigger the 360 view, or, here in Europe, to deactivate the automatic speed alert.

Replacing the regen button with a "next song" button is nonsense.
Moreover, the diamond button is configured by default for this use, a sign that Porsche engineers are aware of their blunder.

More generally, as @Diego does, to save energy "Coasting" and anticipation (braking with the diamond button if necessary) are the essential elements.

Exaggerating, for an "economy run" type driving, you should never accelerate (hard) or brake (even electrically) ....

 

[PanameraFrank]

...
CarAndDriver article was the first i've seen to say anything about the rear steering that wasn't glowing. THey said it felt "unnatural" ... which i can believe it'll take some getting used to.

Earlier C&D writers had glowing things to say about the steering. The particular editor that said "unnatural" is a vintage car guy and hates electric steering.

He was also referring to the entire electric power steering feel and not RWS, it's just clumsily written. RWS does *not* alter the steering rack, it is calibrated the exact same. It just changes low speed turn radius and high speed straights.

The steering feel/electric power steering are identical in every version of the electric Macan and every version of options.

Rear wheel steering solely changes the way the rear wheels move in certain situations. While that will mildly change the handling characteristics, it does NOT!!! alter the actual steering.

In previous Porsches it used to fold in power steering plus but that is standard.

 

[macanchan]

Does anyone know at what mileage/km does the regen start to work? It starts to work after the brake pad bed-in process? Anyone confirm this?

 

[tmrqs]

Does anyone know at what mileage/km does the regen start to work? It starts to work after the brake pad bed-in process? Anyone confirm this?

No one has an exact number but seems to happen anywhere between 200-600 miles.

 

[Daniel]

This delay existed with my Taycan.
With my Macan 4, no running-in period.
It had 20 km when I took possession of it and the regeneration was already active.

 

[andics]

That is disappointing. I too assumed that the range of the 4S would be in between the 4 and the turbo at 298 miles rather than the same as the turbo at 288.

Well, 10miles would be less than what you lose when switching between 20" and 21" wheels

 

[bbmertz]

True, but I had originally falsely hoped the range of the entire line of Macan EVs would have been in the upper 300s.

 

[Diego]

Does anyone know at what mileage/km does the regen start to work? It starts to work after the brake pad bed-in process? Anyone confirm this?

For what I remember I got regen as soon as I got back home after the delivery (50 km) but it could be on even before

 

[macanchan]

I think I see regen on the screen that shows blue for power and green for regen. However, I haven't seen the regen adjustment setting menu or tried to change it.

 

[macanchan]

I tried to program the diamond button and noticed mine was already set on regen on/off. I went through the owner's manual and it stated the car wont regen when the battery is full. so assuming the dealers charge the car to 100% before delivery, no one will see regen until the battery percentage drops. so technically, there is no brake pad bed-in procedure before it activates. someone just made that up.

Anyone else find the brake recuperation setting in the menu? I wasn't able to find it outside of setting the diamond button.

 

[TomO]

The regen toggle on/off icon is on the drive mode page - bottom right corner

 

[Diego]

There are no options to set regen except the on/off. My car was delivered at 82% (otherwise I would have killed my SA). The regen was on (symbol on the right of the main display) and I started to see the green indicator after 40/50 km.