Club Night - Porsche Centre Doncaster

With Guest Presenter - John Seubert - Senior Technical Trainer for Porsche Cars Australia

Porsche’s development and introduction of the Taycan into their range has to say the least created enormous interest in this new model, but one that has also created numerous questions about how this new technology has been embraced, and is further being developed in Porsche’s model range.

When we were looking for a theme for our April Club Night, it seemed time to put on an EV focused event, so with the help of Porsche Centre Doncaster and support from Porsche Cars Australia our second club night for 2023 took place on Tuesday 18th April at Porsche Centre Doncaster where over one hundred and seventy members and guests attended.

Best to explain all the technicalities around the Porsche EV Range was our Guest Presenter on the night John Seubert – Senior Technical Trainer for Porsche Cars Australia, ably assisted on the night by Peter RechnerPorsche Centre Doncaster Senior Technician & High Voltage Specialist.

John Seubert - Senior Technical Trainer for Porsche Cars Australia

John is responsible for training and certifying Porsche Technicians on highvoltage vehicles such as the Taycan.

One of three High-Voltage Experts within Australia, John has a high level of knowledge and experience in diagnosing and repairing high-voltage systems, and is looking forward to sharing his experience on the Taycan while answering any questions that members may have regarding Porsche’s newest and most exciting addition to the model line-up.

Story: Russell Sturzaker

Photography: Neville Sampson 18th of April 2023

Members and Guests started arriving around 6.30 and after obtaining a drink from the bar, had the opportunity to socialise and catch up with fellow members. At 7.00 pm MC Russell Sturzaker took to the microphone to welcome everyone to our second club night for 2023. Russell also acknowledged Life Member & Past President (2015-16) – Andrew Bonwick, along with another Past PresidentPeter Harrison (2013-14). New Members who had joined the club since our last meeting and were present on the night were also invited to come forward and were welcomed by the meeting.

Next at 7.00pm dinner was to be served, however our caterers were not quite ready for us so we had to resort to Plan B, and enjoy another 30 minutes of socialising. Not really the way we had the night planned, but we did at least get more time to mix and catch up with friends and staff from PCD. At 7.30pm dinner was finally ready and there was a continuous stream of hungry members and guests taking part in our three choice Asian Noodle Meal put on by The Flying Woks.

Following dinner, Club President – Mark Horton Andrews took to the microphone and welcomed everyone to the meeting, also acknowledging the assistance from Porsche Cars Australia in providing our Guest Presenter - John Seubert, along with the attendance on the night of John Murray – PCA Director of Marketing, Alexandra Wasiewicz – PCA Events Manager and PCA Events Specialist - Lauren McKay. Mark then introduced PCD General Manager (and our host for the night) – Flavio Parletta to the stage.

Flavio welcomed everyone to Porsche Centre Doncaster and after a brief but very interesting introduction to the Porsche Taycan EV Range he invited John Seubert and Peter Rechner to the stage. What followed from John and Peter was thirty minutes of technical expertise from two of the top EV Technicians in Australia. It was fascinating to all present to hear of the technical milestones achieved by Porsche in their development of the Taycan, and this then led into a twenty minute Q&A session where John was asked to provide answers to members technical queries regarding both the Taycan and EV vehicles in general.

Time was soon gone following some hard biting questions, and Social Director Clyde White took to the stage to thank both John and Peter for their very interesting presentation.

Next we had a couple of very special announcements which saw Club President - Mark Horton Andrews on stage to firstly present the Award for Participant of the Year for 2022 to Richard Catchlove. Richard received a Certificate, and also a Voucher to the Value of $2,000 for a set of Yokohama Tyres (incl fitting and balancing) from long time Club Sponsors - Andrew McCathie and the Team at Traction Tyre & Suspension Centre.