diff --git a/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-10-broken-onboard-charger.mdwn b/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-10-broken-onboard-charger.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0e368975 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-10-broken-onboard-charger.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +[[!meta title="Nico's Porsche Taycan Experience - Broken Onboard Charger"]] + +## Introduction + +This article is part of the series of +[Nico's Porsche Taycan Experience](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience/). + +## The charger + +Also known as the AC charger, the onboard charger is that thing that +converts AC to DC and lets you charge your EV using AC. + +## AC charging on EVs / in Europe + +There is actually bit of a funny situation existing with AC chargers +in EVs is Europe. + +Many EVs nowadays in Europe are however only delivered with an 11kW AC +charger. From what I gather, most parts of Europe are offering at +maximum 3 phase charging on 220V with 16 amps, resulting in the +maximum of 11kW. + +So the choice of car vendors to supply many cars only with an 11kW +chargers seems to be reasonable at first. + +However Here in Switzerland, specfically in the Canton of Glarus, +there are many 22kW AC chargers around. And if your car "only" has an +onboard charger suitable for 11kW, then you can only charge at half +the speed on a 22kW charger of what would be possible. + +## Porsche Taycan AC charger + +Now comes something funny: when I took over the car, I actually went +out to a variety of AC chargers in our Canton and was dumbfounded that +the car would only charge at 11kW. After clarifying I found out that +in the car I have there is only an 11kW charger in place. + +Now the great thing about Porsche is, they simply allow you (for a +small fee...) to replace it with a 22kW charger. + +## Porsche Taycan facelift is missing 22kW charger + +Now the bad things about the new facelift Taycan is that as of +2025-07-03, it is only offered with an 11kW charger - even the high +end Turbo S and Turbo GT variants only come with an 11kW charger. + +So if you change from a pre facelift model to a current one, your +charging speed on AC can half. + +## The broken charger + +Let's get back to what happened to me. + +On **2024-12-30** the onboard charger broke. This resulted into +something (technically) funny: into an empty 12V battery. + +You may scratch your head right now and need read again: if the AC/DC +charger breaks, the car is not able to charge its onboard 12V battery +anymore. + +This in turn results into almost all functionality of the car +vanishing, including changing to a gear, starting the car, moving the +car, etc. + +After having it towed to the +The [Porsche Center +OZS](https://dealer.porsche.com/ch/obererzuerichsee/de-CH) +the car was repaired about a week later on **2025-01-08**. + +Because I had actually the 11kW charger replaced before, the failing +22kW charger was about 1 year old before it broke. + +## Review + +So like with a lot of failures and defects that I experienced with the +Taycan, taken it into a single item, this would not be a big issue. + +However the constant and repeated failures of not a single, but so +many components show in my opinion very poor build quality and worst +of all, very low reliability. + +Which in turn means, if I drive anywhere with the car, I need to plan +with the car breaking, getting a replacement car and maybe staying +somewhere over night. + +Dear public transport supporters, if you want to speak up now, +you do have a very strong point. + + +[[!tag porsche car]] diff --git a/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience.mdwn b/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience.mdwn index 8621b883..3ab40804 100644 --- a/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience.mdwn +++ b/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience.mdwn @@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ seems more to be a regular defect. And to be fair, probably the most severe one you can fear when having an EV. There are however also less severe things that can break on the -Taycan, such as the [funny sport sound feature](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-9-broken-sport-sound). +Taycan, such as the [funny sport sound +feature](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-9-broken-sport-sound). + +However, there is a 2nd very severe item that can fail on the +Taycan. On that I experienced is +[a broken onboard AC charger](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-10-broken-onboard-charger). More to come soon... @@ -81,6 +86,8 @@ For easier access: Failure](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-8-power-system-failure) * [Part 9 - Broken Sport Sound ](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-9-broken-sport-sound) +* [Part 10 - Broken onboard AC charger](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-10-broken-onboard-charger) +* Part 11: Broken allwheel drive * [The key battery replacement](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-key-battery-replacement) * Current status: ongoing discussions with Porsche