2025 Porsche Taycan (Holly Crap)!!! Range King and Charging King!?!?

[Mach-Lee]

55c is 131F! That is not a healthy temperture for the battery. A graph of soc verse temperature is needed.

It can be that warm for a short time while DC charging without much harm. The cells have to be fairly warm to accept charge at those kind of high rates. Higher temps means faster chemical reactions (charging is a chemical reaction). It should be cooled down below 40°C right afterwards however.

Heat it up, charge it fast, and cool it back down is the secret to really fast charging.

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[Hammered]

55c is 131F! That is not a healthy temperture for the battery. A graph of soc verse temperature is needed.

You can watch it in the vid, starts about 10:40 in

 

[Billyk24]

It can be that warm for a short time while DC charging without much harm. The cells have to be fairly warm to accept charge at those kind of high rates. Higher temps means faster chemical reactions (charging is a chemical reaction). It should be cooled down below 40°C right afterwards however.

Heat it up, charge it fast, and cool it back down is the secret to really fast charging.

I am going to question the 40C value. I believe that is too high and 20f less is better.

 

[Jimrpa]

If I was rating ugliness where 1 is a Yugo and 10 is a Tesla Model 3, this is definitely an 8 or 9. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen more attractive dog droppings.

 

[Jimrpa]

And an entourage to block all the other chargers...

"That, of course, is provided you can find a fast-charging station capable of delivering such power; also, other Porsches blocked stalls at the EA station so the entire electricity load could go to one car at a time. (This did not make us popular with the other EV drivers there, but c’est la cars, I guess.)

Upon plugging in the Taycan 4S, the EA station delivered 295 kW right out of the gate, going from 8% to 30% in a mere four minutes. By 40% the car was steadily charging at 320 kW, dropping off to 250 kW after reaching about 65%. In the end, we went from 8% to 80% in a mere 16 minutes. "

LOL

Are you serious!? Porsche drivers are icing entire charging stations, just so they can charge faster? Really?

 

[mkhuffman]

Are you serious!? Porsche drivers are icing entire charging stations, just so they can charge faster? Really?

When I saw that, I was pissed. They are self-centered a-holes.

 

[Jimrpa]

When I saw that, I was pissed. They are self-centered a-holes.

How does that even work? Do Porsche owners call up all their friends when they need to charge and say “hey, meet me at the mall. I need to charge and don’t want some lowly Chevy bolt stealing some of MY electrons?”

 

[mkhuffman]

How does that even work? Do Porsche owners call up all their friends when they need to charge and say “hey, meet me at the mall. I need to charge and don’t want some lowly Chevy bolt stealing some of MY electrons?”

No, it was arranged by the author of the article so they could get a clean charging test. I get why they did it, but their need to write an article is NOT more important than a family on a trip who needs to charge.

 

[mkhuffman]

How does that even work? Do Porsche owners call up all their friends when they need to charge and say “hey, meet me at the mall. I need to charge and don’t want some lowly Chevy bolt stealing some of MY electrons?”

You know, the more I think about it, the more pissed off it makes me. If I were there, I would have told them to move and then called the police. Those a-holes should be fined or something.

 

[Tampamike]

For all the hundreds of thousands of $$$ they’re charging for these cars, you’d think they could have just bought/built their own fast charger to test it on Instead of flash-mobbing a high-demand EA station.

 

[Trick.Mach-E]

55c is 131F! That is not a healthy temperture for the battery. A graph of soc verse temperature is needed.

Porsche will throttle power to the motors when the the battery hits 132° while driving but I'm not sure what the max temp is while charging. The highest I have seen the battery is 116° while charging in 105° heat in Baker, CA a couple of months ago.

Porsche also recommends the battery temp be at 80° to 90° for optimal fast charging...

 

[Triggerhappy007]

Next problem: how to order fast food, sit and eat and come back in 20 minutes? I won't be able to wash my hands.

 

[DYohn]

An 800-volt system with active battery cooling while charging is a wonderous thing.

 

[Jimrpa]

You know, the more I think about it, the more pissed off it makes me. If I were there, I would have told them to move and then called the police. Those a-holes should be fined or something.

Are they one of those YouTubers or something? Can’t they be voted down or reported or “demonitized” or something?

 

[Jimrpa]

You know, the more I think about it, the more pissed off it makes me. If I were there, I would have told them to move and then called the police. Those a-holes should be fined or something.

So, I just glanced at the video and it turns out that it was THAT long-winded blowhard who was blocking the charger. I strongly recommend that everyone go through and thumbs-down and unsubscribe from this cretin ??

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