"Porsche EV Sales Plunge: CEO’s Bold Move to Save the Brand! Can The Push To Electric Cars Save Them?" - video

[Jhenson29]

Caymans (Caymen?)

I’m pretty sure it’s Caypersons.

 

[ZenicaNC]

Hasn't been the case for me; but it has been the case for others on the forum. I have also read from one of the people here, that following their battery getting cells replaced, when the battery failed again, they decided to just give him a refurbished battery (battery from a different taycan, that had cells replaced). So that can also happen.

But if we believe 3rd party mechanics, from the other forum, complete battery failure is inevitable at some point, as the battery enclosure is badly designed, and humidity makes its way in. According to them, 99% of red circles battery errors are results of humidity in the enclosure.

To add to that concern, opening up the the enclosure to replace cells on the battery, is bound to create wear and tear, resulting higher chance of condense in the battery enclosure; even though Porsche says it's not the case - only to be contradicted by the CEO to Chinese media, where he admitted the battery can "in certain scenarios" fail due to condense / humidity in the enclosure.

That is unsettling information. I'm not sure I place a significant amount of confidence in the statements made by 3rd parties, unless they have requisite expertise in the components of an EV. I haven't read anything about the batteries elsewhere so I've not read the 3rd party statements or had a chance to understand their credentials to make such statements. I'll have to look for those posts. I am curious now that I'm reading about it here.

My Taycan has not had any red circle issues and my VIN isn't listed with any battery recall which raises the question, why some and not others.

I'd imagine every time the car is disassembled to what ever degree is needed to access the battery, a likelihood of damage increases, if not just from the human involved doing the work. I've picked up my Cayenne and noticed, sadly not until I got home, that there was some scuff marks to the interior or a ding inside the door sill in a location not easily reached. Those are minor to an EV battery case losing the factory seal, however good it may or may not be. I liken it to my iPhone, the factory seal is far superior to what the mall kiosk tech can achieve when opening and resealing a phone. I wonder if anyone has done any reliable water tests on an iPhone that has been opened and serviced, even those repairs carried out by Apple techs. Does it retain the same IPX rating?

I'll keep my fingers crossed my battery stays off the recall list.

On a side note, I'd be annoyed if my battery was replaced with a used *cough, er uhm "reconditioned" battery.

 

[Bennachie]

Only in woke uk….

 

[chun]

That is unsettling information. I'm not sure I place a significant amount of confidence in the statements made by 3rd parties,

Will clarify, these 3rd parties are Porsche approved mechanic shops; approved to work on EVs. We have some of those in europe also, so not all EVs get serviced by Porsche, depending on who your insurance provides.

My Taycan has not had any red circle issues and my VIN isn't listed with any battery recall which raises the question, why some and not others.

It's a question of when, not if/why.

 

[ZenicaNC]

Will clarify, these 3rd parties are Porsche approved mechanic shops; approved to work on EVs. We have some of those in europe also, so not all EVs get serviced by Porsche, depending on who your insurance provides.



It's a question of when, not if/why.

So in the EU, Porsche has an authorized list of 3rd party repair facilities? Why?
Not enough dealerships?? On average, how far is it to a Porsche dealer? Do all dealerships have service departments?

I recall from my time in Germany, France, Slovenia, Bosnia. Belgium and Italy that car dealers were very small and for reasons unknown, only had new cars inside. Now that I think of it, I don't recall if they had service departments.

What does insurance have to do with non-accident related service repairs?