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nick-g50hy said:
Hi Porsche experts,
There seem to be a few of you might be able to help me.
Considering ordering the hybrid (cayenne) but just wanted to check how the remote heating works. Remote cooling being less important as we live in Scotland.
Is the app pretty reliable? And once the battery power is empty would it just not work? I know volvo and JLR vehicles just remote start the engine to get heat if the electric has run out.
Currently in Tesla which for all its faults, heats via phone no problem, and can do individual seats/ steering wheel. Just wondered how it was on the new hybrid.
Thanks in advance
Nick
Remote heating/cooling via the Porsche app has been 100% reliable for us for both the last and current generation Cayenne. It won't work when either the electric range is too low. It won't work when the petrol range is too low either. I'm afraid I can't remember how low for either but low enough for it not to be an issue for us.There seem to be a few of you might be able to help me.
Considering ordering the hybrid (cayenne) but just wanted to check how the remote heating works. Remote cooling being less important as we live in Scotland.
Is the app pretty reliable? And once the battery power is empty would it just not work? I know volvo and JLR vehicles just remote start the engine to get heat if the electric has run out.
Currently in Tesla which for all its faults, heats via phone no problem, and can do individual seats/ steering wheel. Just wondered how it was on the new hybrid.
Thanks in advance
Nick
You can control what seats you heat and what temperature you set the car. It can be timed or started there and then, and defaults to 30 minutes of heating/cooling.
It's a great feature and one we use often.
nick-g50hy said:
Last question... promise.
Can you keep the car on petrol usage, if you want to preserve some battery? I work shifts and the idea of coming out of a night shift to a frozen cayenne fills me with dread!!
Thanks for your help. It's appreciated
Yes - you can set the car to hold the electric charge. The normal reason for doing that would be for driving a long way on the motorway but know that at the end of the journey you will be driving in a city/town and that it would be best to hold the electric charge for then. In your case it would work too.Can you keep the car on petrol usage, if you want to preserve some battery? I work shifts and the idea of coming out of a night shift to a frozen cayenne fills me with dread!!
Thanks for your help. It's appreciated
If you use the inbuilt Porsche nav, for the example I've given, and set the car to "Hybrid Auto", it works out the best use of petrol/battery for the whole journey.
exert from Porsche's latest 2023 Sales update:
The model with the highest number of deliveries was the Cayenne. Examples of the SUV were delivered to 87,553 customers last year (-8 per cent). The decline compared to 2022 can be explained by the model change – including the staggered launch of the new generation worldwide since the market launch in April, as well as a software update for the hybrid models to ensure the best possible quality.
..acknowledgement there seems to be a fundamental problem behind the scenes.
The model with the highest number of deliveries was the Cayenne. Examples of the SUV were delivered to 87,553 customers last year (-8 per cent). The decline compared to 2022 can be explained by the model change – including the staggered launch of the new generation worldwide since the market launch in April, as well as a software update for the hybrid models to ensure the best possible quality.
..acknowledgement there seems to be a fundamental problem behind the scenes.
Edited by KC911 on Sunday 14th January 17:20
To all the posters above (rightly) talking about delayed delivery dates...
You could always have my experience of getting a new model e-hybrid in mid Oct and have the joy of random dashboard warnings lights pop up at any time for any reason! Tried to book it in with local OPC and they told me to wait at least two months for availability
Other than that, great car
You could always have my experience of getting a new model e-hybrid in mid Oct and have the joy of random dashboard warnings lights pop up at any time for any reason! Tried to book it in with local OPC and they told me to wait at least two months for availability
Other than that, great car
diametric123 said:
To all the posters above (rightly) talking about delayed delivery dates...
You could always have my experience of getting a new model e-hybrid in mid Oct and have the joy of random dashboard warnings lights pop up at any time for any reason! Tried to book it in with local OPC and they told me to wait at least two months for availability
Other than that, great car
Did the suppling opc give you a nine faulty new porsche to use when yours wasn’t having a melt down, or did they expect you to just drive the faulty one?? You could always have my experience of getting a new model e-hybrid in mid Oct and have the joy of random dashboard warnings lights pop up at any time for any reason! Tried to book it in with local OPC and they told me to wait at least two months for availability
Other than that, great car
diametric123 said:
To all the posters above (rightly) talking about delayed delivery dates...
You could always have my experience of getting a new model e-hybrid in mid Oct and have the joy of random dashboard warnings lights pop up at any time for any reason! Tried to book it in with local OPC and they told me to wait at least two months for availability
Other than that, great car
Just for some balance, I have a November 1st Registred 2024 Cayenne E-Hybrid now with with over 2000 miles covered and it has been faultless. Very impressed with it and i have owned the 2 previous generations (non hybrid).You could always have my experience of getting a new model e-hybrid in mid Oct and have the joy of random dashboard warnings lights pop up at any time for any reason! Tried to book it in with local OPC and they told me to wait at least two months for availability
Other than that, great car
GTS440 said:
Just for some balance, I have a November 1st Registred 2024 Cayenne E-Hybrid now with with over 2000 miles covered and it has been faultless. Very impressed with it and i have owned the 2 previous generations (non hybrid).
This is what makes no sense. If it's a software fault how are there cars on the road without the so called fault.Its all very odd.
GTS440 said:
Just for some balance, I have a November 1st Registred 2024 Cayenne E-Hybrid now with with over 2000 miles covered and it has been faultless. Very impressed with it and i have owned the 2 previous generations (non hybrid).
Our November E-Hybrid has been faultless too, as was our previous gen that we had for 4 years.Gassing Station | Front Engined Porsches | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff