My Porsche app and MagicDock Locations

[skshimer]

When I was planing a trip from Wilmington, NC to Asheville, NC on the My Porsche app I found that the app did not show the Tesla MagicDock chargers in Charlotte. Curious, I looked for the Tesla MagicDock location in Columbia, SC. It was also not shown in the My Porsche app as an available charger. The only chargers shown were EA and anything on the ChargePoint network. Is there a method for selecting the charging networks to display in the app?

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[daveo4EV]

the myPorsche app is not a method to find all available chargers - the general rule is the app/map only shows charging locations that are also part of the "porsche charging service"…

use plugshare, or a better route planner (ABRP) if you want to do trip planning…the Porsche route planning and charging service are not a complete/thorough view.

 

[PrudentOcean]

Another thing I discovered today about the My Porsche app is that the information it has about EA locations is inaccurate.

For as long as I have had my car I have filtered for fast charging locations that support Plug & Charge. That showed me two locations in my area, one half a mile from my office at a mall, and another one at a bank between my office and home.

The location at the bank has only four chargers with one typically down, and a 85% SoC limit to prevent cars from slowly charging to 100%.

The mall has ten chargers and no SoC limit, but there is always a line and sometimes people ignore the line and quickly pull into a spot that was just vacated.

Anyway, I turned off the Plug & Charge filter this afternoon and was shocked to discover a EA location less than a mile from my home. It has 20 350KW chargers, and only four were in use when I got here to check out this location.

I decided to just plug in and see if Plug & Charge would work, and it did. I don’t know why My Porsche thinks it’s not supported here, but I have found my new go-to charging location. I had seen it before but assumed it was another network because it didn't show in the app.

 

[skshimer]

the myPorsche app is not a method to find all available chargers - the general rule is the app/map only shows charging locations that are also part of the "porsche charging service"…

use plugshare, or a better route planner (ABRP) if you want to do trip planning…the Porsche route planning and charging service are not a complete/thorough view.

Thanks. I have used the other apps for the past 8 years of EV motoring but hoped the My Porsche app would be an everything solution. The percent charge predictions in the Porsche Nav have been very accurate in the few 200-500 mile trips I have taken So was hoping for a one app solution to trip planning.

 

[daveo4EV]

Thanks. I have used the other apps for the past 8 years of EV motoring but hoped the My Porsche app would be an everything solution. The percent charge predictions in the Porsche Nav have been very accurate in the few 200-500 mile trips I have taken So was hoping for a one app solution to trip planning.

agreed - I plan with other apps - and then put charging destinations into Porsche NAV for the battery percentage arrival estimate…

 

[Petzi]

are you sure that your setting for preferred charging stations is right? try to switch of „prefer porsche charging“

 

[skshimer]

are you sure that your setting for preferred charging stations is right? try to switch of „prefer porsche charging“

Thanks. I will explore that Later.

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