Launch Control with US 2018 Panamera 4 e-hybrid?
#16
Yea I've seen this as well and read about it. With "e-launch mode" and the message displayed the car should launch from 0-60 in 7.6 seconds with no ICE and with true "launch control" mode with the message displayed the car should be 0-60 in 4.4 seconds (ICE+BATTERY). I'll try to find where I read it last. But both modes should have displays that come up on the cluster.
#18
Thanks, I suppose its obvious ( ) , I will give it a try, albeit not next to a Tesla !
#19
Instructor
Yeah we had some weird issues trying to activate launch control on our Lot Turbo S E-Hybrid.
We eventually got it to work by just doing the same process over and over again...
Kinda funny it immediately worked as one of our salesman got out of the car.
It would launch hard every time we tried it but it definitely didn't have the electric assist.
we finally got a full fledged launch after about 10 minutes of driving.
Possibly something to do with the batteries being to a proper temperature?
We eventually got it to work by just doing the same process over and over again...
Kinda funny it immediately worked as one of our salesman got out of the car.
It would launch hard every time we tried it but it definitely didn't have the electric assist.
we finally got a full fledged launch after about 10 minutes of driving.
Possibly something to do with the batteries being to a proper temperature?
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Yeah we had some weird issues trying to activate launch control on our Lot Turbo S E-Hybrid.
We eventually got it to work by just doing the same process over and over again...
Kinda funny it immediately worked as one of our salesman got out of the car.
It would launch hard every time we tried it but it definitely didn't have the electric assist.
we finally got a full fledged launch after about 10 minutes of driving.
Possibly something to do with the batteries being to a proper temperature?
We eventually got it to work by just doing the same process over and over again...
Kinda funny it immediately worked as one of our salesman got out of the car.
It would launch hard every time we tried it but it definitely didn't have the electric assist.
we finally got a full fledged launch after about 10 minutes of driving.
Possibly something to do with the batteries being to a proper temperature?
Thanks!
#21
Instructor
Interesting. Did the "Launch Control Activated" message display on the dash? I could not get it to display after a few tries, but the car did launch. One thing I also noticed as mentioned in my previous post, when I have my left foot down on the break, and right foot hard on the gas, the engine would not rev higher than 3000 rpm. In all of the online launch control videos I've seen, the engine revs at ~5000 rpm before launch. What were your observations?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Once we got it, we did in fact have the message and the proper launch. Spun all 4 tires in 1st gear and even spun em a bit in 2nd on all seasons LOL
Pretty fun
#22
Yes it did actually show. Even when not giving us the prompt it let us rev up to about 3.5k but wouldn't give us the message or the full fledged launch.
Once we got it, we did in fact have the message and the proper launch. Spun all 4 tires in 1st gear and even spun em a bit in 2nd on all seasons LOL
Pretty fun
Once we got it, we did in fact have the message and the proper launch. Spun all 4 tires in 1st gear and even spun em a bit in 2nd on all seasons LOL
Pretty fun
#23
Unless I did it wrong, it was a bit of a damp squib, and cant really see why I would use it or even the point of it, certainly not when sport+ launch is available - and does what you expect from a launch(fastest possible acceleration)
#24
Same issue
I have tested also many times and couldn’t ger the launch control blue message, even after 30 min driving.
Even after 30 min drive, with warm engine, same issue: the car launch with 3k instead of 5k and without launch control msg.
I could have better launch manualy with 1st gear at 10km/h.
For those who succeed: how much charged was your battery?
Thanks.
Even after 30 min drive, with warm engine, same issue: the car launch with 3k instead of 5k and without launch control msg.
I could have better launch manualy with 1st gear at 10km/h.
For those who succeed: how much charged was your battery?
Thanks.
#26
my panamera has only 2800 km and more than 50% was electric powered, may be you are right: break in in progress and launch control will be possible one car computer will consider break in completed.
so let be gentle one more thousand km
so let be gentle one more thousand km
#27
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I have a regular Turbo that I did European Delivery over the summer.
In Europe I did several launch controls with a blue message display.
A week ago I picked up the car at my local dealer US side. Yesterday I tried launch control, no message was displayed, it reved ~3k rpms and that was it. The launch clearly was much weaker.
I was told in Germany that once US side the car will be "preped" for US delivery which also includes some software updates.
I will reach out to the dealer Monday and try to figure this one out. If they crippled launch control for the US customers I will not be happy.
In Europe I did several launch controls with a blue message display.
A week ago I picked up the car at my local dealer US side. Yesterday I tried launch control, no message was displayed, it reved ~3k rpms and that was it. The launch clearly was much weaker.
I was told in Germany that once US side the car will be "preped" for US delivery which also includes some software updates.
I will reach out to the dealer Monday and try to figure this one out. If they crippled launch control for the US customers I will not be happy.