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I'm dribbling out notes about my highway trips in the Macan EV, but one note is that I ran ABRP Pro with real-time data integration, Porsche Navigation, and Waze at the same time. ABRP was just much better for directions and route planning than Porsche navigation. Because Porsche navigation just...

Another observation from my 2 19-hour east coast I95 runs in the past 30 days is that ACC just shuts off and ends acceleration of the car sometimes. This happens in portions of highway redesign and when the software thinks there is a potential for a left off-ramp. Long term, this means the...

I just finished 2,000 miles of DC fast charging on the road, and the one stand out issue is that I never seem to see high throughput for DC fast charging. The situation was so bad yesterday that I intended to take the car in for service to test it. But, it finally put up high numbers at a EA...

I installed it today but haven't finished configuration yet. It looks like I can use this to activate my garage door openers automatically, but I'll know more as I work through testing.

I'm about to start a 2,000 mile journey in the Macan EV and I finally took a few minutes to start to try some tools to help. Here are some first thoughts: (1) I paid for an ABRP premium subscription to see what it's like. It looks really useful. I intend to use it during the trip. But I'm put...

Our Macan EV battery repairs are probably similar.

porsche app v15.25.18 build 403 I've noticed that once the car has charged to its SoC limit that the sometimes reports "Charger not connected" even though my EVSE just reports charging as suspended by the EV. Nothing else weird yet with this, but the messaging does seem inconsistent and...

I was hurrying to the airport in the USA when I think I saw something today that was unexpected: a Macan EV at a Tesla Supercharger that doesn't have magic docks. We're a few days away from June. Is this a car testing the waters or just someone hopelessly lost? Do we have an exciting update...

In case you're interested in a $110 Macan EV luggage net, which is currently out of stock for my dealer, a 2013 Audi A4/S4/RS4 cargo net fits perfectly and I bought one in like new condition for $3. Porsche option...

I'm trying to persuade my 2024 Macan 4 EV to set its max state of charge to 40% or 45% while I am away from it (and it is plugged into a Level 2 charger), but the phone app and the car's PCM display won't let me set the max charge lower than 50%. I could have sworn this worked before. Does...

I've noticed my 12v battery typically sits at 14.4v while the car is running and 13.4v when I first turn it on. I just thought it was interesting that it seems to sit at the high end of the range for a quality 12v car battery. I wrote a note about it and figured I would share it here.

Many interesting tidbits in here. Including demo mode for the HUD through a USB port. A slide with efficiency estimates for each wheel type. Taycan GT specs. Aerodynamic improvements from ICE to EV Macan: Aerodynamics of wheels on the Macan EV: Roof rails are Neutral to drag! There's...

It appears that Macan EV owners within 1 year of ownership get 30 minute charging sessions even if they are at an Electrify America station that has an 85% limit. During a session today, I pulled to 89% without interruption from the 85% limited charger.

Hey ... has anyone measured the range hit from roof storage box setup? If so, can you give me an idea of the miles (or Km) / kWh and some specifics of your roof box setup?

We ran into a fun problem this week that I thought I would report. I dropped off my wife at an errand stop and she left her fob in the center cup holder. I got out of the car and opened the tailgate to remove something and then tried to close the tailgate. It would close and then re-open. This...

It looks like the new EA Costco Napa CA location with 10 stalls has opened. Status of the units popped up when I was doing trip planning this morning.

If anyone gets to track a 20% to 80% charging session at the Florida Mall's new 4 cable Alpitronic HYC400 chargers, I'm curious to hear about your charge times (and whether someone else was using the same unit while you were charging.

My wife seeks to know if this is Billie Eilish's Macan EV or an ICE Macan. I'm sure the fate of the world rests on this determination.

There were some questions about what really happens when you set a planned departure time for the Macan EV and you have it plugged in for charging. This post is my experience from yesterday and today. Yesterday at about 7 pm I plugged the Macan EV into a Level 2 AC charger in the USA (9.6kW)...

I find that taking roundabouts (at higher and higher speed) with and without sport mode enabled (4WD) on a Macan 4 gives you a pretty good idea of the differences between the Macan RWD and the Macan 4 variants. Rear wheel steering also changes this experience. During test drives of different...