Unexpected summer range

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dm57

Discussion Starter · 8 d ago

OH just returned from round trip of 500 miles. Set off with100% and 278 miles on GOM. Trip was 233 miles to destination said watch your consumption and top up if you need it. Had a call saying she was getting 5.2 m/kWh this was mainly motorway and doing 60-65mph because of traffic. She was not totally convinced she would make it so stopped at services and had a splash and dash on Gridserve. Got to destination with on street charging had a couple of days of running around and topped battery to 100% again for trip home. GOM showing 296 miles. Drove home 233 miles and arrived home with 30% again restricted to 60-65 mph were possible. Really impressed and bodes well for our trip to Somerset next month over 600 mile round trip.

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Todor

· #2 · 8 d ago

The joy of summer weather!🔥⚡

dirk362

· #3 · 8 d ago

Where it was all doom-n-gloom when the Niro EV first got to UK shores for efficiency and mileage in the cooling temperatures, especially when we got into much colder weather across December and January, I think it's fair to say in warmer temperatures the new Niro EV is starting to come into its own.

The e-Niro was widely recognised as being efficient and from owners on here it seems that was well justified, even in the cooler months. The new Niro EV seems to be a little worse than its predecessor in cold temperatures but seems a little better in warmer temperatures.

Without much effort, outside of not driving at 70mph all the time on major A roads or motorways, I've found a repeatable family trip has gone from 3.3 miles/kWh in late February to 3.9 miles/kWh in mid-May. And the only difference is ambient air temperature. Just driving around town or out on rural roads, it's in the high 4's and it has tipped just into the 5's at 5.1 miles/kWh last week on one 40-odd minute journey.

I'm a careful driver, but even so, I'm not quite seeing the amazing numbers the OP is as my 100% SOC range estimate peak was 264 miles (last week in fact). So something for me to aspire to.

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Afterman

· #4 · 7 d ago

I have managed some mid-high 5s on short round trip city drives these past couple of weeks. Think I'll set a summer goal to try and get a 6

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OB1CCFC

· #5 · 7 d ago (Edited)

Pottering around this week on 10 mile drives with aircon on 19 degs C I’ve been getting 4.7.
Happy with that.
Ps. I drive in Normal mode with ipedal. Not sure what difference Eco would make.

kcrane

· #6 · 7 d ago (Edited)

I'm a bit of an interloper, hope the regulars don't mind but just to say the change in weather (warm, light winds, no rain) has also had a welcome effect on my Model Y range. The figures are similar to the Niro.

4.5 miles kWh on a long motorway journey yesterday (giving a 340 mile range) and 5.5 miles kWh driving around Shropshire on A roads (giving a putative range of 420 miles).

Neither journey making any effort to hypermile, just regular, though gentle, driving.

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dm57

Discussion Starter · #7 · 7 d ago

OB1CCFC said:
Pottering around this week on 10 mile drives with aircon on 19 degs C I’ve been getting 4.7.
Happy with that.
Ps. I drive in Normal mode with ipedal. Not sure what difference Eco would make.

Just to add to my original post we drive in eco and during that long trip air con was not used so this helped with range. If air con is used and its just one of use in the car we set driver only. When we got the car last September we used normal drive and some how the setting was changed to eco and did not see significant change in performance for our driving style still has a bit of ommph when needed.

robert79

· #8 · 7 d ago

kcrane said:
I'm a bit of an interloper, hope the regulars don't mind but just to say the change in weather (warm, light winds, no rain) has also had a welcome effect on my Model Y range. The figures are similar to the Niro.

4.5 miles kWh on a long motorway journey yesterday (giving a 340 mile range) and 5.5 miles kWh driving around Shropshire on A roads (giving a putative range of 420 miles).

Neither journey making any effort to hypermile, just regular, though gentle, driving.

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Yup, drove the wife's Niro EV the other day and got 5m/kWh just driving normally on A and B roads.
Did 1,000 miles for work in the Tesla M3 last few days. Mainly motorways, got just under 5m/kWH yesterday with the cruise set to 70 driving normally. Today I got just over 4m/kWh driving like an absolute hooligan.

Have to say I far prefer the Niro to sit in and drive. More comfortable, nicer cabin and so much quieter than the Model 3.

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OB1CCFC

· #9 · 6 d ago

dm57 said:
Just to add to my original post we drive in eco and during that long trip air con was not used so this helped with range. If air con is used and its just one of use in the car we set driver only. When we got the car last September we used normal drive and some how the setting was changed to eco and did not see significant change in performance for our driving style still has a bit of ommph when needed.

Looking at my recent stats re 4.7 mi/kWh I used 4% on climate and 3% on electronic devices… so would probably have been around 5 without them.

Paul_Moxhay

· #10 · 6 d ago

In these temps I regularly manage 4.8 - 5mi/kWh when driving at 60-70 in my eNiro. I love it! In winter I was getting 3.8 - 4mi/kWh for similar trips.

FreezeFIN

· #11 · 6 d ago

One might also provide the traffic types you're travelling in, or average speeds. I can get anything between 6 mi/kWh to 2 mi/kWh depending on travel speeds,

Paul_Moxhay

· #12 · 6 d ago

FreezeFIN said:
One might also provide the traffic types you're travelling in, or average speeds. I can get anything between 6 mi/kWh to 2 mi/kWh depending on travel speeds,

Never had 6 unless I was going downhill at the start of a trip.

My figures are a bit of an average so difficult to pin down specific traffic patterns but I am talking motorway-type traffic at normal motorway speeds of 60-70. Around town I nearly always get over 4 even in winter. For trip planning I use 4mi/kWh as my base figure and work on the fact that I will nearly always get more than that.

FreezeFIN

· #13 · 6 d ago

One can easily do 6 mi/kWh in slow city traffic with some effort, no problem. Just needs a steady accelerator pedal, and no sudden acceleration. But generally, I'm equally as pleased with the summer range, I'm now having 390 km range in the GOM after full charge, and we're still not quite up to summer temperatures yet, which should squeeze some more km's out of the battery.

But nevertheless, I'm usually going for driving in 20% – 80% battery range, and only charge up to 100% before long trips, or once in a month to help balance the cells. There's a 5% buffer in the top and bottom of the Niro EV's, but gonna go as easy on the battery as I can without sacrificing too much of driving comfort.

dm57

Discussion Starter · #14 · 6 d ago

Got to use car today and took this pic. OH done a bit of round town trips so not all long trip info still not bad over 300 mile range according to GOM.

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Browning525

· #15 · 5 d ago

Charged to 100% last night, 278 miles on the GOM, 7 short of Kia`s quote of 285. Very pleased with that, I`m hoping to achieve 300+ if the good weather keeps up.

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Chris43

· #16 · 4 d ago

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Last Wednesday I had a 200 mile round trip to make. Charged to 100% overnight and GOM said 283 miles range. I had averaged 4.8 mpkWh and just tipped into 4.9 since resetting the accumulated trip meter on 17th May.

I drove 195 miles in all and had 95 left on returning home equating to a 290m range, so the original GOM was pretty accurate. The trip was mostly good dual carriageway roads at around 55 to 60 mph.

Accidentally charged again that night to 100% (forgot to change the AC limit back to 80%). The following morning GOM said 296 miles. Amazing.

Close to 300, but no cigar.

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