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A German perspective of the Taycan. (From Faceplant)

The Slingshot Channel

Sorry for my sour face... but sometimes, even my usually sunny mood suffers.
We got the Taycan Turbo "loaner" on Friday evening, and it is probably a great car. I don't know that yet as charging it is a pain in the behind. The "charger" that comes with it requires a PIN and a PUK (for a charger?) and its manual is as thick as a brick. The 380 Volt cable that came with it does fit into the power plug in my workshop, which has no problems running all my heavy machines (band saw, lathe, mill, ...). But as soon as I connect the Porsche, the RCD pops.
There is a charging station just 500 meters from our house, which was a surprise here in the deep countryside... but of course the connectors don't fit.
There isn't enough juice to reach the next "Hyper Charger", so the normal household power plug (230 V) is the only option. It takes like two days to fill the battery. Connected it yesterday at noon, so this hopefully will give us enough power for ONE short little trip today, before we have to bring the thing back.
This was a horrible experience. I think that eMobility still has a looong way to go. They let the engineers go wild. "A charger that is app controlled and has WiFi connection? How cool is THAT?"
Not cool. I want a car that is easy to fill, not pure frustration and disappointment.