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Just completed our first round-trip from our home north of Denver to Las Vegas in our Macan RWD we bought last month. We make this trip half a dozen times each year, usually in our Mustang Mach-E but sometimes in our previous ICE (Bronco Sport), so we have some good comparison points.
Trip meter stats:
23:14 h
1588.6 mi
2.8 mi/kWh
Speed: 68 mph
Weather was good the whole way, although a little windy in spots. I was a little surprised we didn't average 3+ MPK (mi/kWh). 2.8 is what we usually get in our Mach-E too. But the 315 EPA in the Macan is certainly better than the 270 EPA of our Mach-E (+17%). As well as the faster charging speed (when we could get on a full-power charger, which was rare).
The drive itself is 11.5 hours and 785 miles each way (per Google Maps). Add to that refueling time. In the ICE it's just 2 gas stops (2x15 minutes with bathroom). In the Mach-E it took 5x30 for DCFC. In the Macan it was 4x22. So basically right in the middle (0.5 hour ICE, 1.5 hour Macan, 2.5 hours Mach-E).
I could probably shave 20-30 minutes off that total with more dependable charging, but the EA stations are very mixed along that route. I only got full power at 2 of the 8 stops (Ivie Creek Rest Stop (UT) was the best at 270 kW for much of the session). Cedar City UT was terrible (62 kW on one and 94 kw on another, and a Kia was only getting 80). Grand Junction CO 350's (1 of 2 was down) were full both times but I did get 174 kW on the 150's.
When we get our Lucid Gravity in ~6 months we should be able to do the whole trip with just 2-3 stops. I thought we might be able to do it in 3 in the Macan but that's a stretch. Would have meant having to charge to 85-90% a few places, negating the time savings.
I know it's only a handful of minutes, but this drive is right on the cusp of being too much for us for one day. We don't like nighttime driving if we can avoid it. In the Mach-E we usually broke it into 1.5 days with a hotel stop. In fact we may do that anyway eastbound since we lose an hour rather than gain that direction. But westbound the Macan makes it a same-day drive by shaving an hour off.
I won't go into all the usual driving stuff and car quirks we talk about elsewhere, just more the road trip stuff. The finicky power charge port door hand open is just annoying enough to make me trying to get in the habit of pressing the button on the PCM "Goodbye" screen instead. Plug&Charge is working great at EA (as long as the charger is working right), so the timing is sufficient to hit that button, gran the EA and plug in, before the power door closes on you (doesn't stay open very long).
I normally use Android Auto and nav station to station, but the Macan doesn't seem to have the feature the Mach-E had to integrate AA with the car to show the arrival SOC%. So I tried the native nav. Seemed pretty accurate for arrival SOC%. Rarely moved more than 2%.
Overall it's a great road trip car. Just hope they get the software bugs fixed via OTA at some point (especially the flaky SiriusXM integration). We tried playing videos on the passenger screen to pass the time. YouTube works pretty well, but streaming video (like PlutoTV) thru that Vivaldi browser is a chore. Anyone know if there's any other apps we can download than show up in the car's app list? It's mostly just games.
Trip meter stats:
23:14 h
1588.6 mi
2.8 mi/kWh
Speed: 68 mph
Weather was good the whole way, although a little windy in spots. I was a little surprised we didn't average 3+ MPK (mi/kWh). 2.8 is what we usually get in our Mach-E too. But the 315 EPA in the Macan is certainly better than the 270 EPA of our Mach-E (+17%). As well as the faster charging speed (when we could get on a full-power charger, which was rare).
The drive itself is 11.5 hours and 785 miles each way (per Google Maps). Add to that refueling time. In the ICE it's just 2 gas stops (2x15 minutes with bathroom). In the Mach-E it took 5x30 for DCFC. In the Macan it was 4x22. So basically right in the middle (0.5 hour ICE, 1.5 hour Macan, 2.5 hours Mach-E).
I could probably shave 20-30 minutes off that total with more dependable charging, but the EA stations are very mixed along that route. I only got full power at 2 of the 8 stops (Ivie Creek Rest Stop (UT) was the best at 270 kW for much of the session). Cedar City UT was terrible (62 kW on one and 94 kw on another, and a Kia was only getting 80). Grand Junction CO 350's (1 of 2 was down) were full both times but I did get 174 kW on the 150's.
When we get our Lucid Gravity in ~6 months we should be able to do the whole trip with just 2-3 stops. I thought we might be able to do it in 3 in the Macan but that's a stretch. Would have meant having to charge to 85-90% a few places, negating the time savings.
I know it's only a handful of minutes, but this drive is right on the cusp of being too much for us for one day. We don't like nighttime driving if we can avoid it. In the Mach-E we usually broke it into 1.5 days with a hotel stop. In fact we may do that anyway eastbound since we lose an hour rather than gain that direction. But westbound the Macan makes it a same-day drive by shaving an hour off.
I won't go into all the usual driving stuff and car quirks we talk about elsewhere, just more the road trip stuff. The finicky power charge port door hand open is just annoying enough to make me trying to get in the habit of pressing the button on the PCM "Goodbye" screen instead. Plug&Charge is working great at EA (as long as the charger is working right), so the timing is sufficient to hit that button, gran the EA and plug in, before the power door closes on you (doesn't stay open very long).
I normally use Android Auto and nav station to station, but the Macan doesn't seem to have the feature the Mach-E had to integrate AA with the car to show the arrival SOC%. So I tried the native nav. Seemed pretty accurate for arrival SOC%. Rarely moved more than 2%.
Overall it's a great road trip car. Just hope they get the software bugs fixed via OTA at some point (especially the flaky SiriusXM integration). We tried playing videos on the passenger screen to pass the time. YouTube works pretty well, but streaming video (like PlutoTV) thru that Vivaldi browser is a chore. Anyone know if there's any other apps we can download than show up in the car's app list? It's mostly just games.
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