Realistic daily range of an electric vehicle
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Realistic daily range of an electric vehicle
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Re: Realistic daily range of an electric vehicle
#2So you deliberately don't charge the battery to 100% then conclude the realistic range is shorter than advertised? I get you don't charge to 100% every day, but if you know you're going to drive further then....you do. Or just do what I do and charge to max each time, the battery is warrantied for 8 years, it's going to be fine.
>>Imagine your daily commute is 115 km (e.g. Roeselare-Brussel
That would be an extremely unusual commute to be doing by car in Europe, people do it but it's very rare. If you're going to be covering over 1000km a week(!!!!) Then get a good diesel, not a brand new EX90.
Re: Realistic daily range of an electric vehicle
#3So you deliberately don't charge the battery to 100% then conclude the realistic range is shorter than advertised? I get you don't charge to 100% every day, but if you know you're going to drive further then....you do. Or just do what I do and charge to max each time, the battery is warrantied for 8 years, it's going to be fine. >>Imagine your daily commute is 115 km (e.g. Roeselare-Brussel That would be an extremely…
Read the fine print, battery being under warranty often means they can replace your battery with a USED one with upto 30% range degradation.
Re: Realistic daily range of an electric vehicle
#4I have a small electric car, with a range of about 100km. From my experience it really depends on your driving style and speed.
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#5Totally agree, EPA ranges are bullshit. The real world has these things called hills that they've probably never heard of in Washington DC. It also doesn't snow much in in DC so they probably don't know about that either.
They really should be reporting 50% of their ranges as standard. When people get slightly better than that, they'll be pleasantly surprised and it will result in much more customer satisfaction across the board.
ALWAYS underpromise and overdeliver if you want happy customers.
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#6So you deliberately don't charge the battery to 100% then conclude the realistic range is shorter than advertised? I get you don't charge to 100% every day, but if you know you're going to drive further then....you do. Or just do what I do and charge to max each time, the battery is warrantied for 8 years, it's going to be fine. >>Imagine your daily commute is 115 km (e.g. Roeselare-Brussel That would be an extremely…
That's a fantastic way to crater your cars resale value.
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#7Author first assumes that only 60% of the available battery capacity is used (80% > 20%) and then arrives at the conclusion that the range is lower than expected. Well, no shit.
I personally do charge my Ioniq BEV to 100%, and I often drive it to, say, 6%. In summer, I get a range of 220km, and in winter 160-180km, depending on temperature and number of cold starts (cold starts seem to trigger a battery warm-up). SOH is still at 100% after almost 3 years.
Re: Realistic daily range of an electric vehicle
#8So you deliberately don't charge the battery to 100% then conclude the realistic range is shorter than advertised? I get you don't charge to 100% every day, but if you know you're going to drive further then....you do. Or just do what I do and charge to max each time, the battery is warrantied for 8 years, it's going to be fine. >>Imagine your daily commute is 115 km (e.g. Roeselare-Brussel That would be an extremely…
That's a fantastic way to crater your cars resale value.
Why do Americans care so much about resale instead of just using the stuff you bought?
If I ever buy a house it'll be to actually live life in it, not to nickel-and-dime some poor college student.
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#9“In my case, I typically charge the car to 80%”
My understanding is that the preservation of the battery is built into the charge controller and you shouldn’t have to worry about it. In other words when your car says it’s fully charged it’s only “really” charged to 80% or some other cutoff as determined by the charge controller. I don’t drive a Tesla so my only point of reference is my Fiat 500e which doesn’t have as far as I know a setting to limit battery charging to a certain percentage and I would think most consumers just plug in overnight without thought to this.
Re: Realistic daily range of an electric vehicle
#10Author first assumes that only 60% of the available battery capacity is used (80% > 20%) and then arrives at the conclusion that the range is lower than expected. Well, no shit. I personally do charge my Ioniq BEV to 100%, and I often drive it to, say, 6%. In summer, I get a range of 220km, and in winter 160-180km, depending on temperature and number of cold starts (cold starts seem to trigger a battery warm-up). SOH…
What do you do when you arrive at the charger with 6% battery left and the charger doesn’t work? Or if there’s a significant queue?