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> 1. The stated range goes down the toilet at motorway speeds. Expected range plummeted from 500km to 300km. Actual range was more like 250km, probably thanks t
by izacus 5y ago
> 1. The stated range goes down the toilet at motorway speeds. Expected range plummeted from 500km to 300km. Actual range was more like 250km, probably thanks to the cold temperatures. This was a 50% reduction.
This, to me, is the worst part of buying an EV right now - the marketing does the Apple "30 hours of battery***" lie and it varies so horribly that it's hard to trust anything about it.
I guess it would be easy if you're just a daily commuter, but I regularly do 800km trips and all projections show that it'll prolong an already long trip for hours.
- jaclaz 5y agoThe 30 hours of battery life lie can be worked around with a (common enough nowadays) external battery pack/power bank, it's a lot of time I wonder how there isn't a market for "power bank trailers" for EV's, something that you can rent for the times you need the extra range (or actually buy if you need it often). Driving a car with a (low, not prone to lateral wind effects) trailer is inconvenient but doable when needed.
- izacus 5y agoBMW gave out an ICE "range extender" for their i3s - so I guess that's the "power bank" approach to these.
- anovikov 5y agoAbsolutely so does the gas mileage of normal cars. Whatever number you see on the sticker (in Europe) is a laughable lie, real life mileage is about 1.5x worse, and no one makes a fuss about it - it's just one of life's lies everyone adapted to ignore.
- izacus 5y agoThe difference between the number stated for my ICE car and the number actually achieved is a drop from about 750 to 650km at worst. It doesn't suddenly run out of gas when it's cold outside halfway through Germany.
- Teknoman117 5y agoThe commenter mentioned they were on the Autobahn at 160 kph/100 mph. The aerodynamic drag on your vehicle is 3 times higher going from 110 kph/70 mph to 160 kph/100 mph. No wonder the range went off the cliff.