Is the 150kw charger essential on Taycan 4S?

[ZesPak]

So without the option it's 100kW instead of 150kW?
I thought it was 50kW...

[aestetix1]

ZesPak said:

So without the option it's 100kW instead of 150kW?
I thought it was 50kW...

No, without the option it will charge at 225kW on 800V chargers, which are fairly common in Europe.

The option only enables 150kW charging on 400V 150kW chargers. If you don't have it you can charge at 50kW on a 400V charger, if you can still find one.

[ZesPak]

aestetix1 said:

No, without the option it will charge at 225kW on 800V chargers, which are fairly common in Europe.

The option only enables 150kW charging on 400V 150kW chargers. If you don't have it you can charge at 50kW on a 400V charger, if you can still find one.

ffs, you're being deliberately obtuse again.

[DMZ]

I had a good look at this when speccing a Taycan. You need to be a rocket scientist pretty much to figure out if one is needed. The Porsche web site is completely useless too. Why push this complexity on the customer? It’s crazy. Include it as standard if needed or don’t if not. If you’re selling me a car that’s advertised to charge at 270 or 350kW or whatever it is then I expect it to also charge at 150kW no questions asked.

If it’s an issue and I had been the original poster, I would be apoplectic with rage right now. Hopefully it’s not needed but who knows.

[DFog]

DMZ said:

I had a good look at this when speccing a Taycan. You need to be a rocket scientist pretty much to figure out if one is needed. The Porsche web site is completely useless too. Why push this complexity on the customer? It’s crazy. Include it as standard if needed or don’t if not. If you’re selling me a car that’s advertised to charge at 270 or 350kW or whatever it is then I expect it to also charge at 150kW no questions asked.

If it’s an issue and I had been the original poster, I would be apoplectic with rage right now. Hopefully it’s not needed but who knows.

So far it hasn't been an issue because all of the faster-charging stations I have used have been the newer type and I get the full KW. However, I don't tend to use the car to do any long journeys. My normal trip to the office is 108 miles and we have a few charges installed there. It's too stressful to contemplate a long trip having previously faced queues and faulty charges. For me it works, I charge at home and the office, take advantage of the tax breaks, and it's a great car to take the stress out of the M25.

[Ken Figenus]

Yes its complex and ridiculously so. If you have a car that can charge at 275kwh you'd think it would be downwards compatible with everything under that huge rate. But its not,. And the Porsche configurator is cr@p at real info.

I believe getting the 150kw charger module option enables the car to step up 400v 150kw DC chargers into the cars native 800 volts. This makes it charge quicker. The other non standard option is a 22kw AC charger module at well over £1k. This enables it to change the 22kw AC into a car friendly current - otherwise you just get 11kw charge rate based on the default included charger AC module. Its WAY too expensive though and should of course be std on a premium car.

Porsche - crap explanations with even worse pricing. They should do so much better - it took me weeks to work this out.