PORSCHE is providing free software program updates to homeowners of 2020, 2021 and 2022 fashions of its absolutely electrical Taycan efficiency sedan that may give them the identical efficiency because the 2023 mannequin.
The software program obtain, obtainable to Australian Taycan homeowners, will deliver elevated powertrain effectivity, plus enhanced capabilities and enhancements within the Porsche Communication Administration (PCM), Porsche Join and help programs.
Prospects can even decide to have particular person capabilities and tools unlocked after buy (perform on demand, FoD) and enhancements to the Taycan’s over-the-air (OTA) replace functionality.
The actual fact the OTA wants enhancing appears evident by the actual fact the free replace can solely be carried out at a Porsche service centre and never over the air.
The exact scope of the replace, and the time it’ll take, will rely upon the precise software program standing of the Taycan in query, with the 2020 and 2021 fashions receiving a bunch of enhancements already put in for MY22.
Powertrain enhancements for the older fashions embody extra environment friendly working for all-wheel-drive fashions by nearly disconnecting the entrance electrical motor when in ‘Regular’ and ‘Vary’ driving modes.
Each axles are freed from drive torque when coasting or at a standstill, and a brand new vitality move indicator is viewable on the centre touchscreen.
The automated vitality recuperation setting is retained, even when the drive mode is adjusted.
All earlier fashions may even achieve enhancements to their thermal administration programs, together with higher battery conditioning, particularly at low outdoors temperatures, which permits for extra frequent speedy charging over a broader vary of battery cost ranges (SoC). The waste warmth from {the electrical} elements, for instance, is used much more than earlier than to mood the battery.
This can end in higher vary and charging occasions, notably for 2020 and 2021 Taycans.
Inside, the Taycan, the PCM receives new capabilities, a recent vibrant tile design on the beginning display screen and, in accordance with Porsche, improved performance.
In Taycan fashions produced within the 2020 and 2021 mannequin years and as much as mid-February 2022, the replace brings wi-fi Android Auto, optimises the voice management and integrates the Spotify app.
The 2021 Taycan fashions with head-up shows can have their navigation graphics optimised to the present commonplace.
All pre-2023 Taycans may even be simpler to park, with ParkAssist sensors now capable of detect obstacles additional away. The seek for obtainable parking areas has additionally been improved as effectively, with smaller areas provided to the driving force as an choice.
In addition to the free software program replace, the 11kW onboard charger may be changed with a extra highly effective and faster 22kW charger, which is now obtainable for retrofitting.
Porsche hasn’t revealed how a lot the retrofit will price however suggests Taycan homeowners can kill two birds with one stone by having the charger retrofitted and software program replace carried out in the identical go to.
Porsche has offered greater than 75,000 Taycans globally since its first all-electric mannequin went on sale on the finish of 2019.
