Autobahn high speed consumption is good

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I was pleasantly surprised during a day trip into Germany yesterday during which I cruised at 180-200km/h (where possible) and in freezing conditions that consumption was only on average c. 290Wh/Km (that’s roughly 2.1 miles per kWh of my math is correct). Our car is a CT4 on 20” and with pzero winter tyres.

roughly half of the time was spent at high speed, the rest at 120km/h where restricted. This consumption figure is barely higher than what I experienced during warmer weather. The battery settled at a moderate 33 Celsius in normal mode, which meant we didn’t need to pre-condition for charging stops as it was always warm enough. We’d plug in and immediately get 200-230kW.

by comparison, a previous ipace that we owned would average 330wh/Km at 150kmh, and combined with slower charging made progress laborious.

I’d be curious to see what high speed consumption figures other EVs get. Any references?

I know Taycan gets some critic for not being very efficient in everyday driving, however its high speed consumption is great
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That looks quiet good, think it would be good to see figures for comparison on a related EV, only type I can think off would be a Tesla model S. Entron GT is too close to the Taycan.
 
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Taycan was designed in germany for german roads, not surprising. the 2-speed transmission allows better efficiency at high speeds.
 

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Having recently completed about 500 km on the autobahn in a Turbo S – on the same tyres – we saw an average of 32 kWh/100km at the same 180-200 km/h speeds you reported. This was running in Sport Plus mode.
 


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IME 140km/h or 80mph is the cutoff for “optimal” consumption per time ratio. Recent trip to Canada: official stats say 2.1mi/kWh at an average of 45mph, but I stayed most of the time around 80mph with no visible drop in range. That is, it didn’t seem to matter whether I was crawling in traffic through Vancouver, or blasting up and down Hwy 99. This was in near-0*C, with a roof box, 20” all-seasons. Based on prior calculations, the roof box has a 6-9% impact on consumption.
 

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On my first road trip in a Turbo CT, there were section with 80mph limits where I could cruise 80-100mph for most of the time between chargers (~120 miles/200km stretches). I got about 2.1 miles/KWh at somewhat above freezing, slightly less when actually freezing (under 32F/0C), horribly less when starting with a cold-soaked, frozen battery (arrived at next charger at probably 5%, vs. car's original estimate of 35% SOC, even slowed down for the last 15-20 miles too to make it) - to be fair, the car was brand new so probably way too optimistic in its estimates, and I think I hit a headwind for a good portion of that stretch, all clear weather thouhg. On Goodyear UltraGrip1 tires, off-road-design wheels.

PS> My car is still recalibrating its estimates. After the initial 3,500 mile trip, 85% yielded 168 miles estimate, it's now up to 172 miles at 85% SOC, even though it's parked outside in the cold for now and I've been doing mostly short trips. 🤞
 
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IME 140km/h or 80mph is the cutoff for “optimal” consumption per time ratio. Recent trip to Canada: official stats say 2.1mi/kWh at an average of 45mph, but I stayed most of the time around 80mph with no visible drop in range. That is, it didn’t seem to matter whether I was crawling in traffic through Vancouver, or blasting up and down Hwy 99. This was in near-0*C, with a roof box, 20” all-seasons. Based on prior calculations, the roof box has a 6-9% impact on consumption.
I've put together some calculations that show optimal driving speed that minimises total time for a given distance for Taycan. Will start another post and show results there
 


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From my experience driven many other EV previously. My conclusion is Taycan has much better consumption in the highways than in the city like ICE.
 
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I've put together some calculations that show optimal driving speed that minimises total time for a given distance for Taycan. Will start another post and show results there
I have started the thread on optimal driving speed here
 

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So I was going 250kmh and it averaged 60kwh/100km. I don’t think that’s too good 😂
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