[Trip Report] - I'm peddling as fast as I can to generate electrons…PEC ATL to Santa Cruz in a Macan EV Turbo?

[daveo4EV]

Team,

if you should care - Porsche has finally acquiesced to provide me a potential Atlanta Delivery date for my 2024 Macan EV Turbo…

they have provided me a range of possible pick up dates and asked me to pick my top 3 - I have provided my top 3 and I'm simply awaiting Porsche Atlanta's response/confirmation…

If/when we have those dates I will be hustling to pick up my Macan and will Road trip it home from the PEC Atlanta…

the trip will be ~2500 miles and in balancing all factors season, personal time, distance, etc - hwy 40 looks to be the least dramatic way to get an EV from Georgia to the San Francisco Bay Area…

I will use this thread to keep people updated and allow all of us to "play from home" while I embark on this adventure…at a minimum I'll get a good sample of the quality of EV charging options along this route - I will also be packing a pretty robust "ev road warrior kit" for L1/L2 charging should it be necessary…

my primary plan is 1-2 fast charging stops a day at high quality chargers pre-selected based plug-share date and route information - and then select hotels with known good L2 chargers for an overnight top-up…

if things to to plan and the Macan present no issues it looks to be a 3 to 4 day trip and a good friend from college is joining me on the adventure to share the driving duties…

I'll look forward to sharing my experience and photos from along the route and hopefully I don't have to use Porsche road side assistance - fingers crossed…

I'll update this thread once we have confirmed dates and it looks like I'm committed to this boondoggle…

 

[daveo4EV]

it's already painful apparently in planning that Supercharger access would make this trip far easier and offer greater certainty- let's hope VW/Audi/Porsche make good on their 2025 proposal for North American supercharger access - having access to both the NACS fast charging network and the CCS1 fast charging network is a no-brainer for everyone and gives us all more freedom and choice and resilience against variables…

CCS1 looks like it can do it - but there is an excellent set of NACS fast chargers that I do not yet have access to for this trip…and that means less choice and more constraints.

 

[byebye]

I look forward to following your journey, thank you very much!

 

[tmrqs]

Exciting prospect, fingers crossed it all goes well!

I’m just back from a NE road trip (NJ/NY/ON/QC/VT/NY/NJ), with all charging done at either Electrify America or Electrify Canada and it was butter smooth!
Only once did I need to wait (15 minutes) for a stall at a charger, no wait otherwise. Charged at 350kw most times, 150kw the rest - very happy!

 

[daveo4EV]

I'm going to give Porsche a "pass" if I encounter any plug&charge problems - I never had this feature with my 2020 Taycan (was not an option) and I Know how to start charging sessions with app's or via the stall and Point-of-sale credit card reader - I'll be happy if it works - and I'll try and make it work - but I"m not going to "harp" on it not working - I will report charging results and how the session was started…

I will however be ruthless with regards to charging sites and the "uptime/availability" of functional stalls vs. out of commission or unavailable…

plug&charge still seems to be something that needs to be ironed out for EV to achieve wider adoption and we already know there are sometimes issues…

I expect it not to work and I'll sort that after I'm home and not rushed to make up miles on a daily basis to get home.

 

[krissrock]

i pray you don't have any issue with the car... that's a long trip. Plenty of time to find that weak link

 

[krissrock]

Exciting prospect, fingers crossed it all goes well!

I’m just back from a NE road trip (NJ/NY/ON/QC/VT/NY/NJ), with all charging done at either Electrify America or Electrify Canada and it was butter smooth!
Only once did I need to wait (15 minutes) for a stall at a charger, no wait otherwise. Charged at 350kw most times, 150kw the rest - very happy!

how long did the 150 kw charges take?

 

[daveo4EV]

i pray you don't have any issue with the car... that's a long trip. Plenty of time to find that weak link

I hope so also - but Porsche is supposed to make quality products - time to put them to the test.

I would have zero concern about doing this with any car I would consider purchasing - I see no reason to treat my Macan EV any differently.

 

[tmrqs]

how long did the 150 kw charges take?

To be clear, I was driving a Ioniq 5 (Macan is arriving in a few weeks) - but it also has a 800v architecture like the Macan. Charging times were long-ish because I charged over lunch/dinner and went to 100%, knowing 80 to 100% is much slower.

To answer the question however: on 150kw, I got 56-96% in 34 min and 19-100% in 50 minutes.
From 80% to 100%, it would take about 20ish minutes.

Macan's battery is larger than the Ioniq 5's so times would be a bit longer.