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Went to see my parents yesterday, 75 miles each way + 15 miles of test rides for various family members. Most of the journey was on the A1 at 70 mph.
No range anxiety, and the only driving compromise was switching the a\c into range mode (not that I could tell the difference)
As my portable charger isn't working yet, had to do the whole trip from a single charge, so set the car to do a full charge before I left, and it read 182 miles typical range when I started off. It had peaked at 188, but lost 6 miles from economy 7 switching off and when I actually set off.
When I got home I'd 15 miles range left, having consumed 53KWh, at an average of 321Wh/mi.
So the initial range estimate was pretty accurate. In fairness the family road tests killed a really low reading as I had to show them the car's performance. ;-)
The last 30 miles, I was down at an average of 274wh/mi. Not too shabby!
No range anxiety, and the only driving compromise was switching the a\c into range mode (not that I could tell the difference)
As my portable charger isn't working yet, had to do the whole trip from a single charge, so set the car to do a full charge before I left, and it read 182 miles typical range when I started off. It had peaked at 188, but lost 6 miles from economy 7 switching off and when I actually set off.
When I got home I'd 15 miles range left, having consumed 53KWh, at an average of 321Wh/mi.
So the initial range estimate was pretty accurate. In fairness the family road tests killed a really low reading as I had to show them the car's performance. ;-)
The last 30 miles, I was down at an average of 274wh/mi. Not too shabby!