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I noticed that the estimated cold weather range drop in the article for the Jaguar I-PACE is only 3%, for their definition of "cold weather." I think that's abo
by steelframe 4y ago
I noticed that the estimated cold weather range drop in the article for the Jaguar I-PACE is only 3%, for their definition of "cold weather." I think that's about right. I've been driving one for about 3 years now.
Its rapid charge curve isn't winning any accolades, and its range given the battery size doesn't compare well against most other EVs on the market today. I've got winter tires during the cold season, so that ostensibly drags on efficiency, along with all the other reasons the article lists. The I-PACE comes equipped with a heat pump.
What I will say about the I-PACE is that I find it amazingly consistent when it comes to battery consumption. There's a 150-mile trip with 9,000 feet of elevation gain that I regularly do through the Cascade mountain range year round. The speed limit for much of the trip is 70mph, but in keeping with the flow of traffic I often go a little faster than that.
I never have to worry about running out of charge on that trip. During the summer I'll often arrive with about a quarter of the pack remaining. During the winter, if it's below freezing and there's snow/sleet/ice, I can get down to a little over one-eighth state of charge, depending on how aggressive I am on the throttle. I never experience so-called "range anxiety" and am never surprised by a sudden drop in estimated remaining range.
Furthermore in the 3 years I've owned it, I haven't gotten a reduction in maximum range at all. This is my 4th EV, and I know how lithium ion battery packs degrade over time. The fact that I've gotten no range reduction tells me that Jaguar must have chosen to reserve a significant fraction of the pack capacity as buffer, which might help explain why the range given the pack size is less than other EV manufacturers when the car is new. I wonder what the range of your typical 5-year-old I-PACE is when compared to, say, a typical 5-year-old Audi e-tron.