Battery not providing proper range?

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I have a 2022 RWD. One of the options I bought is the performance battery plus. I thought when it is fully charged I should have just over 300 miles of range. however when I charge it to 85%, The car says I only have 207 miles of range - see below. is it possible that I don’t actually have the performance battery plus even though I bought and paid for it?
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And by the way, that is the mileage at the car shows before I have even driven it, right after I unplug it from the charger.
 
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And one more thing, overnight when I charged temperatures in my garage were about 57°F. When I started the car this morning, it was 62°F
 

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First EV I have driven that UNDER estimates actual range. Also based on so many factors - try not to stress, it is what it is.
 

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I have the RWD with performance battery plus. Those are the sort of numbers I see when I’ve been doing mainly town/city driving. I get up to the 300 mark with motorway/dual carriageway driving. I’d say there’s nothing to worry about if you’ve been doing mainly urban driving especially if your journeys have been short
 


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Ambient temperature affects your range. Here in TX, it's 98F, and I get about 240-245 @ 85%. But, I've charged it about 12 times already. How many times have you charged yours? When I first got the car, it was around 200 miles @ 85% then it went up. Having said that, I never get the actual 240-245 of actual driving miles either. For every actual mile I drive, the estimator goes down about 1.5-1.8 miles. Speed affects it too, and I guess I have a heavy foot. So, realistically, @ 100% charged I can only get about 180 actual miles.
 

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Also, has your regen braking kicked in yet? Usually takes about 250-500 miles before that happens and that will improve range
 

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Note that the first ~2000 miles or so the car will consume more energy than normal. (See your manual) And as others have noted, temperature makes a huge difference.

For me I am currently seeing around 230-235 at 85% (RWD PB+.) Temperatures have been in the 90s consistently.

I think I saw 299 @ 100% charge...once. Don't expect to break that on a regular basis. :)
 


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I have a 2022 RWD. One of the options I bought is the performance battery plus. I thought when it is fully charged I should have just over 300 miles of range. however when I charge it to 85%, The car says I only have 207 miles of range - see below. is it possible that I don’t actually have the performance battery plus even though I bought and paid for it?
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This is normal (mine is the same and has been since 16 months) for PB+ in UK where ambient is around 17C this time of year.

PB would report less.

Have a play with the range calculator to get a good guesstimate for your vehicle config.
 

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Its bedding in the brakes. Around 1000km’s before it starts using the electric motor as the main brake.
You say it’s 1000km and @DerekS says it’s around 2000miles, any official value? I can’t seem to find anything related to this in the manual.
 

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Its an algoritm. My car used 1200km. Another friend of mine used 600km. The more you brake, the shorter the need. I started with a roadtrip.
 
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WTF - I’ve been driving around for 30 minutes and now the car is reporting 220 mikes range??!
 

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WTF - I’ve been driving around for 30 minutes and now the car is reporting 220 mikes range??!
Did you turn the AC off? I find that adds about 15 miles of range
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