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Even though the instructions say to plug in the car first, and then take the steps to start the charge (that is, use the Tesla app), I have found that it is better to trigger the charge in the Tesla app first, and then plug in. YMMV

I noticed that my car had changed back to Standard Time (EST) on Sunday afternoon, but I only noticed the time after I was leaving a place I had driven to a couple of hours earlier. I suspect it is somewhat indeterminate when the car's built-in PCM updates its timezone. While driving across the...

Every EV battery will lose some capacity over time. As far as I know, every manufacturer calculates SOC percentage based on the current capacity. That's what I was referring to in my first point. So, 100% of a new Macan is ~95kWh (100% =95 kWh). Maybe after a year, the battery has lost 5kWh of...

Electricity is not measured in distance, but kWh, at the scale of an EV. The range shown is just an estimate based on several factors. The main ones are: Amount of electricity in the battery: In a perfect world, the same amount of electricity would result in the same range. But all batteries...

As far as I can tell, you can do the following from the phone app: turn each of the four zones of the climate system (driver, passenger, rear left, and rear right) on or off for pre-conditioning the climate. set one single temperature for whichever of those zones are on then send the command to...

I never did see an email from Porsche with a tracking number for my adapter, but I found it on my doorstep Saturday. I went to the Tesla V3 supercharger near downtown Charlotte, NC, on Sunday afternoon, just to test it. The site did appear in the Porsche nav when I filtered to nearby chargers...

I just received the promised email from Porsche, with a link to a simple form that asked for my contact information, and showed a pre-populated "Passcode" at the top of that form. Look for the subject line "Order your complimentary Porsche NACS DC Adapter today" in your email.

Finally, the trip back Pony Express Station Museum, Gothenburg, Nebraska Porsche 912, in the American Automobile Experience, Kearney, Nebraska Taum Sauk Mountain, high point of Missouri (no views again?)

Kansas and Colorado outbound Mushroom Rock State Park, Kansas Prairie Museum, Colby, Kansas Lake Dillon, Colorado Cupid Peak, above Loveland Pass, Colorado

As promised, select photos First, Black Mountain, the high point of Kentucky (no views from the top, but great views driving up to the trailhead)

(Apology for the long wall of text. I had picked out a few pictures, but the file upload on the forum stopped working for me after I had uploaded the map. if anyone is interested, I will try to upload the pictures in a separate post later on this thread.)

I'm late writing this up, but back in July I finally got to take a long road trip in the Macan 4S I picked up in the spring. I had done a few overnight and weekend trips, to Asheville, Raleigh, Savannah, and Jacksonville, but I was itching to really use the car the way it was intended. I had...

Sorry to hear about these troubles with the in-car charging planner. I've been very lucky so far, after I took delivery of my Macan at the end of March 2025. I haven't done too many long trips with it, mostly within my state or at most a couple of states away. I usually only need a couple of...

I called the parts department of my dealer in Charlotte, NC, and they said they did not have any info about ordering this yet.

Overall a great summary of the different flavors of Tesla superchargers. Minor nit: at most, V2 superchargers are only 150kW. Some of the older ones are only 120kW (like the older ones along I-90 in South Dakota).

I bought a used Gen1 Tesla Mobile Connection (max power of 40amps) to leave plugged into my NEMA 14-50 plug in my garage to use as my "home" charger short after I got a Model Y in 2021. This allowed me to leave the Gen2 Mobile Connector (max 32amps) in the car for use in emergencies on the road...

Since you cited my post, I'd like to clarify and correct your statement. (I assume you were mis-remembering the number I wrote.) I said I had "less than 10% degradation". For the Tesla, most of that that actually occurred in the first year of driving, and I owned the car for almost 4 years. I...

I've used Recurrent's service to track battery health on 3 EVs over the last few years. It's too early to say how my Macan's battery will degrade, because I've had it less than 4 months, but the other 2 showed less than 10% degradation over the first 3 years, mostly in the first year, and then...

I have also used the premium version of ABRP for about 4 years. Used with a Tesla Model Y, a BMW i3, a Chevy Bolt, and for the last 3 months with my Macan 4S. I find that ABRP is better for "pregame" planning and experimenting with what-if scenarios. I'll double-check chargers it recommends...

Everyone has a different level of risk they are willing to accept, and that can change with experience. It took me a while to build my confidence in road tripping an EV, first with my wife's BMW i3 (~160 miles of range, plus gas range extender), then with a Tesla Model Y. After 5 years of...