[kin]

According to Nyland, range on or off makes no difference regardless of outside temperatures as long as the battery pack fully up to temp.

Only thing that really effect his consumptions is rain!

PS Nylon has a 2WD P85.

He also did a comparison video between a P85D and his own 2WD with range mode on, I think?

 

[kin]

He also did a comparison video between a P85D and his own 2WD with range mode on, I think?

AHH! Found it!

 

[Electric Toad]

Eek!! 50000 niles already!!!

Only 13k Tesla miles
The rest are Leaf miles

 

[Simon Mac]

@kin there is no doubt in my mind something changed with range mode and rwd cars when we moved to v7.

Last winter really hurt my averages, this winter has been far less impactful, but the regen has been more limited :S

 

[Electric Toad]

Yes we haven't had a winter!

 

[AndyH]

Trip in my S85 yesterday charged to Max daily setting (90%) showed 220 miles range at start. Drove 156 miles (Portsmouth to Leicestershire) mostly on AP at 70 mph though a few overtaking maneuvers, arrived with 39 miles range left (17%) and averaged wh/mile was 359. In my experience real range for me is 200 miles from a 90% charge driving at reasonable speed but not flooring it as going faster than 70 takes loads more power

Did much better on way back, though as heading south it is downhill Left with 221 miles range (gained a mile due to superior Midlands electricity) arrived home with 49 miles left and 22% charge. Same driving style as way up, 343 wh/mile.

 

[Simon Mac]

Yes we haven't had a winter!

Possibly true, but I saw a step change after the upgrade where they introduced torque sleep for rwd cars, which also coincided with what I perceived as a change in the time regen took to become fully available.

 

[mgboyes]

@Electric Toad I think it's both cabin and pack heating which really hurt range on short journeys.

Funny you should say that - I did a test related to this issue just yesterday.

I can confirm that cabin and pack heating both definitely are factored into the trip energy calculations, and on extremely short trips they can REALLY hurt economy

 

[Mark B]

All 5 seat heaters, steering wheel and cabin heat from a cold start is quite interesting too.