Range vs. Temperature question

[W1NGE]

My latest 500 km trip was 2.39 miles / kwh (or 26 kwh / 100km in non-freedom units); average speed 90 km/h

Total since begining, is 4.78 miles / kwh. Which seems accurate, accounting for all the 50-80 driving ones has to do in Switzerland, and all the going downhill.

So for me seems to work fine.

So far, for me, going from 35C degrees to 15C degrees resulted in 0 range loss. But as temperature drop, it will for sure result in range drop also. Hopefully offloaded a bit by 20 inch winter wheels.



Warm temperature giving most range, but also deteriorates batteries faster than mild weather.
I wonder what exactly drives this behavior.

Chemistry

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[chun]

Chemistry

Really? I thought it was the Holy Spirit. Thanks for clarification and depth of knowledge

 

[MarkR]

My average is showing as 2.7 miles/kWh in the app, which is probably not a million miles out, given that when I look at my journeys being somewhere between 1.8 to 3.7 (which was mid summer, although not 100% convinced of this) since i got the car, although there was a hilarious 16.8 for a 1 mile journey in there....?

Yesterday I spent 6 hours in the car on a round trip and got an average of 3.1, mostly on motorways (half of which was constant speed in roadworks, so low speed) with some local roads and country roads thrown in for good measure. Temp was circa 14-16 degrees C. I was pretty pleased with this. In fact, enjoyed the time spent in the car full stop. Great journey, great weather, easy charging at the Giga Hub at the NEC in Birmingham. ?

 

[f1eng]

mostly on motorways (half of which was constant speed in roadworks, so low speed)

I have noticed these are the ideal conditions for efficiency as long as there is no congestion. Rolling along in a stream of traffic going 50 to 60 mph with very little acceleration and maximum aerodynamic slipstreaming has given me my best consumption, electric or petrol over the last 30 years.

 

[MarkR]

I have noticed these are the ideal conditions for efficiency as long as there is no congestion. Rolling along in a stream of traffic going 50 to 60 mph with very little acceleration and maximum aerodynamic slipstreaming has given me my best consumption, electric or petrol over the last 30 years.

I agree. Also, we get plenty of miles of this, as we tend to see almost constant roadworks on many of the motorways...M1 south yesterday, I lost count of how many miles we were in the roadworks. ?

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