Considering Macan EV - Tips, advice appreciated

[macan_i_doit]

Hi all,

New to this forum. Currently driving a Gen 1 Rivian R1T but lease is ending and with change of work, not much use for a truck.

I'm considering a Macan lease. Wonder if anyone is able to share experience, or pointers.

A few things to note:
- Never driven/owned a Porsche and also a Macan
- Care about noise insulation and range (Gen 1 R1T is like driving through a typhoon)
- I'd love for a trim and spec best for range
- Commute once a week, round trip is about 200 miles now

Truly appreciate your help, guidance or any advice.

Thank you.

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[shawn]

Well, the trim that’s gonna give you the most range would be the rear wheel drive with 20 inch rims and you can get rear thermal insulated glass but you sacrifice the rear wiper. There’s a thread discussing the pros and cons of that you can read about. otherwise you’re spending weeks looking at the configurator to figure out what kind of options you want. Fun times

 

[SergeyIndy]

I understand that EV is not new to you but when you say that Range is important, how much is not enough if you have home charging and now Macan EV can charge at Tesla SCs.

My advice is to go and start with a RWD that comes with the least standard equipment to allow you to explore most options and then come back with a build code for the forum to review with questions.

 

[daveo4EV]

unless you are prepared to over pay by significant margin - BMW iX 3 is probably what your looking for

i love my Macan Turbo but its not a leading Ev in price performance - range is not embarrassing but hardly class leading - and a fully optioned trim will cost $$$

but get us a build code and we can go from there

 

[daveo4EV]

Hi all,

New to this forum. Currently driving a Gen 1 Rivian R1T but lease is ending and with change of work, not much use for a truck.

I'm considering a Macan lease. Wonder if anyone is able to share experience, or pointers.

A few things to note:
- Never driven/owned a Porsche and also a Macan
- Care about noise insulation and range (Gen 1 R1T is like driving through a typhoon)
- I'd love for a trim and spec best for range
- Commute once a week, round trip is about 200 miles now

Truly appreciate your help, guidance or any advice.

Thank you.

this might be a thread worth your time

https://www.macanevowners.com/forum/threads/thoughts-macan-4-loaner-vs-macan-turbo-ev-owned.24721/

 

[daveo4EV]

price aside and range aside….

nothing else on the road drives as well as the Porsche EVs - but you pay for it in $$$ and EV range

if driving quality is your goal Porsche 100%

if price and range are your goals you will find Porsche a difficult fit

 

[MatC21]

Price and Range aside I also think that the Macan is the significantly better car than the iX3. But to each their own.

 

[candreha]

Hi

after owning 22 taycan CT 4, swapping to a 25 macan 4 oak green neo, now swapping my macan 4 to a 25 macan turbo jet black i would say.
If you are in it just for range, noise E.G.
go for the Macan 4. if you like a bit more kick go for the 4s.

The macan is a bit bumpier / than the taycan in comfort / normal mode in my opinion. Specially with 22" wheels. Running 21" on winter it is a good compromise but the 22" spyder wheels looks way better.

You have to have the double insulated glass! I have driven with or without the difference i highly noticeably. Rear wheel steering is Burmester sound system is impressive.

The reason i am changing is simple. My macan 4 was well equipped but missing comfort access, homelink, innodrive + all that un threated plastics was annoying me.

good luck its a great car expensive to own but once you start driving it you will struggle to swapp it for another brand. My self i haven't tried the turbo yet

 

[dbsb3233]

200 mile RT commute? Yeah, like others said, you may want the RWD. That's what we have. EPA is 315 but as we all know you almost never get close to EPA at highway speeds. And far worse when it's cold. You can do 200 pretty comfortably without needing to stop and charge in the 315 model, but I wouldn't count on a lot more. In ideal conditions you can reach the high 200's but when it's your weekly commute, there's gonna be poor conditions.

One big thing for a lot of people: no 1PD mode, and the regen is weak. It's more like driving an ICE car. There is some modest regen and it helps, but be aware that that's what you're getting.

We've driven ours 22k miles in the first 11 months, mostly road trips. Overall we love it, but of course like any EV it's got some software quirks and little annoyances. It's not perfect. But it's pretty good on the whole. And it drives really nice. Air suspension is great. Still sufficient power for normal driving even with the RWD (although not a rocket ship). Steering is precide and easy. Accelerator pedal has a really good feel to it for my tastes. Really good driving dynamics and fun to drive, as you'd expect from a Porsche.

 

[daveo4EV]

200 mile RT commute? Yeah, like others said, you may want the RWD. That's what we have. EPA is 315 but as we all know you almost never get close to EPA at highway speeds. And far worse when it's cold. You can do 200 pretty comfortably without needing to stop and charge in the 315 model, but I wouldn't count on a lot more. In ideal conditions you can reach the high 200's but when it's your weekly commute, there's gonna be poor conditions.

One big thing for a lot of people: no 1PD mode, and the regen is weak. It's more like driving an ICE car. There is some modest regen and it helps, but be aware that that's what you're getting.

We've driven ours 22k miles in the first 11 months, mostly road trips. Overall we love it, but of course like any EV it's got some software quirks and little annoyances. It's not perfect. But it's pretty good on the whole. And it drives really nice. Air suspension is great. Still sufficient power for normal driving even with the RWD (although not a rocket ship). Steering is precide and easy. Accelerator pedal has a really good feel to it for my tastes. Really good driving dynamics and fun to drive, as you'd expect from a Porsche.

just because there is no OPD does NOT mean there is "modest" regen - there is plenty of regen - but only when you touch the brake pedal - there is "weak" OPD - but the Regen on all Porsche EV's is substantial and effective…it's just "invoked" differently than OPD…

let's not confuse the two concepts.

 

[daveo4EV]

Hi all,

New to this forum. Currently driving a Gen 1 Rivian R1T but lease is ending and with change of work, not much use for a truck.

I'm considering a Macan lease. Wonder if anyone is able to share experience, or pointers.

A few things to note:
- Never driven/owned a Porsche and also a Macan
- Care about noise insulation and range (Gen 1 R1T is like driving through a typhoon)
- I'd love for a trim and spec best for range
- Commute once a week, round trip is about 200 miles now

Truly appreciate your help, guidance or any advice.

Thank you.

finder.porsche.com - search nationwide for all Macan EV's to find out what's available and where…it's a great tool.

 

[dbsb3233]

just because there is no OPD does NOT mean there is "modest" regen - there is plenty of regen - but only when you touch the brake pedal - there is "weak" OPD - but the Regen on all Porsche EV's is substantial and effective…it's just "invoked" differently than OPD…

let's not confuse the two concepts.

Sure, when I say regen in the context of no 1PD, I'm talking about driving style (i.e. using the accelerator pedal to slow the car down since there's no 1PD). Not what method(s) the brake pedal uses to slow the car down. I thought that was obvious, but maybe not to all.

What you describe matters for other reasons, like efficiency (range) and brake pad wear, yes.

 

[MMR]

just because there is no OPD does NOT mean there is "modest" regen - there is plenty of regen - but only when you touch the brake pedal - there is "weak" OPD - but the Regen on all Porsche EV's is substantial and effective…it's just "invoked" differently than OPD…

let's not confuse the two concepts.

Agreed on the distinction. That said, for efficiency, coasting is usually better than regen. The most efficient energy recovery is not needing to recover the energy at all.

 

[dbsb3233]

Agreed on the distinction. That said, for efficiency, coasting is usually better than regen. The most efficient energy recovery is not needing to recover the energy at all.

Until you have to slow down or stop.

 

[pdealessandrini1930]

Hi to All

lots of great observations from fellow owners,

I admit I’m a Porsche fan, so won’t comment on BMW, MB, or other Brands.

living in the NE, and commuting week days 50 Mis/day RT home/work and 120 MIs each way to weekend home rain, snow, sun year round, for 2 yrs in Ford Mach-E and 1,5 yrs in my Macan 4 EV, I love the Macan 4 EV. Has 21” all season. I tend to drive 70MPH on highways and then 5mph over local area suburban posted speeds.

As all have noted, frigid winter temps drops range markedly. That said, top range 100% charge tends to bring close to 400 miles range in spring, summer, fall and 290-300mis in deep winter.

preheating 60 mins pre departure in winter helps. Reducing use of faster charging vs home charging or slower speed commercial networks helps maintain battery health thus larger range longer over ownership. I admit I recharge to 100% Sunday nights and don’t go below 35-40% and recharge to 90-95% frequently.

while I agree coasting, non-regenerative braking should add range, I can confirm that I use 100% regenerative braking settings and avoid auto pilot cruise control daily and on road trips.

over past 1.5 yrs with the Macan 4, I am shocked at added mileage I get in my heavy traffic daily travel to/from work. Simply put, I get almost 2 days of free travel over 5 commute days by preheating daily in fall, winter, spring, plus using regenerative brakes.

This includes: seat heat max driver side, 72 cabin temp setting, never use air con, just forced air as air conditioner consumes large amount of battery charge reducing range.
Wishing you a great choice, hopefully a Porsche EV, and happy motoring!

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